Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

Tucked in an urban forest, this restaurant specializes in homemade, healing rakijas.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.

The storied steakhouse is the last in a long line of Lebanese-owned supper clubs in Tulsa.

One of the few places to grab a beer in Fez is a former British consulate.

A Japanese sculptor carved an ode to biodiversity into a floodplain.