This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

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

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

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

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

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

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

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

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

The other side is actually green.

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

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

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.