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Ouarzazate, Morocco

Atlas Film Studios

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

Ouarzazate Solar Power Station

The world's largest concentrated solar power plant.
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Telouet, Morocco

Kasbah Telouet

A mud brick kasbah with a history of lavishness and traitorship.
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Tamellalt, Morocco

Monkey Fingers

Within the Dadès Gorge, amazing vistas and towering cliff faces can be seen at each new curve and bend in the road.
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Aït Bouguemez, Morocco

Shrine of Sidi Moussa

This former community granary is now a lonely mountaintop shrine.
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Tipaza, Algeria

Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania

The original resting place of Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony's only daughter.
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Algiers, Algeria

Martyrs' Memorial

This massive monument towers over the city as a constant reminder of the lives lost during Algeria's hard-won war for independence.
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Menzel Jemil, Tunisia

Rimel Beach

An eerie ship cemetery with gunfire as a soundtrack.
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Tunis, Tunisia

Tunis Medina

The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.
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Tunis, Tunisia

Hotel du Lac

Some believe this abandoned Brutalist masterpiece inspired George Lucas's Sandcrawler.
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Carthage, Tunisia

Byrsa Hill

An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.
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Fez, Morocco

The Fez Mellah

The designated Jewish quarter in Fez dates back to the 15th century.
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Fez, Morocco

Ibn Danan Synagogue

This restored 17th century synagogue is one of the few remaining structures in Morocco’s ruined Jewish quarters.
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Pune, India

Pune Okayama Friendship Garden

Believed to be the largest Japanese garden in the world outside of Japan.
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Pune, India

Taljai Mansion

The crumbling ruins of an old stone mansion sit atop a hill in the middle of Pune.
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Tunis, Tunisia

Villa Yvonne

A ghostly mansion in the middle of downtown Tunis.
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Cité Hached, Tunisia

Palais Mussolini

Despite the name, this unusual palace in rural Tunisia never belonged to an Italian dictator.
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Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island

This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.
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Tristan da Cunha

Tristan da Cunha

The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.
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Inaccessible Island

Inaccessible Island

It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.
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Seoul, South Korea

‘Jangdokdae’

A family of distorted sculptures stands outside Seoul's former imperial palace.
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Warsaw, Poland

Bemisie

A group of tiny bears has occupied various spots across Warsaw's Bemowo district.
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Argentina

Wreck of the Marjory Glen

This rusty hull was used as fighter plane target practice during the Falklands War.
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Morioka, Japan

Demon’s Hand Prints in the Rocks

According to local folklore, a demon left his handprints on these boulders, which became the prefecture’s namesake.
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