Known to backpackers as the "Steps of Doom," this walkway carved into the side of a seaside cliff leads to the Roman Tombs.

At this faithfully preserved medina off the Moroccan tourist circuit you can walk through six centuries of history in one day.

A five-square-mile slice of Spain on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

The courtyard of this small Marinid madrasa is a dazzling example of intricate Islamic architecture.

The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.

Crumbling necropolis set high above Fez.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

The other side is actually green.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The legacy of a Moroccan Jewish community is remembered at this little mouldering cemetery.

Ancient Phoenician and Roman tombs carved into the rock overlook the Moroccan coastline.

The tomb of one of the greatest travelers in history.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

Writers such as Paul Bowles, William Burroughs, and Samuel Beckett frequented this Tangier bookstore.

This stucco building in North Africa was the first American-owned property on foreign soil.