One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

A mud brick kasbah with a history of lavishness and traitorship.

North Africa's first museum of its kind preserves the culture of Moroccan women and their artistic achievements. 

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

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

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The middle finger of modernity.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."