This surreal-looking tree pruned more than 1,000 years ago is still producing olives for oil.

Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.

This abandoned mansion has a window for every day of the year, and is a temple for ghost hunters.

This art installation at an abandoned lipstick factory has distinct anti-capitalist vibes.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

Exploring the wilder, more passionate sibling of Erg Chebbi feels like discovering a secret sun-kissed planet from another galaxy.

The ruins of a 2,000-year-old Roman fishing village perched on one of the best beaches in Spain.

A complimentary beverage is offered to the bodega's resident rodents every day.

The cathedral of a controversial, conservative, schismatic sect that declared the Catholic Church heretical and founded its own succession of popes.

The world's largest wooden structure.

Its appearance in "Game of Thrones" may spur on the long-awaited restoration of this medieval shipyard.

An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.

The largest medieval water tank on the Iberian Peninsula is preserved beneath the Cáceres Museum.

Disturbing winged beings decorate the walls of this strange abandoned hermitage.

Blue-green pools and smooth stones comprise one of Spain’s most idyllic hidden wonders.

A hidden medieval crypt where a famous legend says the devil used to teach black magic.

An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."

This amazing oasis of art and plants is hidden on the outskirts of Marrakesh.

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

An old airplane engine forms an unusual cairn atop this Moroccan peak.

In this desolate valley resides a gorgeous set of rocks sporting a technicolor design.

The forgotten remnants of a land-to-sea cable car that was once unique in the world.

Rocky Atlantic beach home to a stunning stone arch.

Sleepy fishing port not included on many maps.