These pillars are one of the few remnants from the mysterious lost empire of Makuria.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

Some believe that this ancient mural depicts technology far ahead of its time, but in reality it's nothing quite out of place.

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

This former community granary is now a lonely mountaintop shrine.

This Paleolithic cave may be the oldest cemetery in North Africa.

The oldest monument in Marrakesh and the city's only surviving example of Almoravid architecture.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

Crumbling necropolis set high above Fez.

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

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

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Bjork, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.