Burial site of the world's most widely known researcher on the endangered mountain gorilla.

A tiny island home to a former English slave fort.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

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

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

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan was once guarded by a footless warrior.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.