One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

Mysterious tombstones thought to be remnants of Atlantis.

Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.

This weird, elephant-shaped rock also hosts two ancient tombs.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

A striped 12th-century basilica sits in the countryside of Sardinia.

A former mining village that now operates as an open-air museum.

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.

The titular "little arch" near this Italian resort is one of the most popular diving spots in the country.

Ancient cave tombs known as the "houses of fairies."

This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

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

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

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.

The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.

Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.