A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

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

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

The former home of Dutch anthropologist Bert Flint now houses a collection of Berber art and artifacts.

A beautiful old horse stable hosts one of the largest collections of domestic animal skeletons and taxidermy.

This fountain pays homage to Qatar's history of pearling, the primary industry before oil.

A staggering number of rock carvings in an abandoned quarry.

Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.

The building is a gigantic piece of art inspired by the shape of a desert rose.

This 23-foot-tall bear stands amid the hustle and bustle of Hamad International Airport.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The former broadcast site has been reimagined as a museum about the medium.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

These colonial murals are a fascinating hybrid of Spanish and Indigenous aesthetics.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.