Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

The other side is actually green.

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

The ruins of an early-18th-century complex that could once house up to 12,000 horses.

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

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

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

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

Dedicated to the deadliest aviation accidents on Canadian soil.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

A standalone wonder amid the prairie badlands of southeastern Alberta.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.