Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This former Cyprus flight hub is now a crumbling, abandoned ghost complex.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

A Moroccan getaway in the mountain range that plays the Himalayas' stunt double.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.

The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.

Human ancestor’s 3.6 million year-old footprints.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.