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

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

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

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

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.

Where the Millerites gathered to watch the end of the world in 1844—and left disappointed.

Modernist design and funerary customs meet Spartan traditions in this one-of-a-kind graveyard.

A closer look at this somewhat faded hotel by the Corinth Canal reveals the architectural undertones of a genius.

A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.