A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

The largest cactus farm in Africa.

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.

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

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

North Africa's first museum of its kind preserves the culture of Moroccan women and their artistic achievements. 

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

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

Hidden behind mountains in Morocco, a remote town hides a thriving surfing community.

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

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.