Soviet-era stations of chandeliers, mosaics and marble — photographed legally only since 2018.
Doha’s arts district of galleries, an open-air amphitheatre and a golden mosque, with a beach on the bay.
Restored colonial old town, UNESCO-listed.
A skyline of 2,500-year-old gingerbread tower houses with white gypsum trim, one of the oldest cities in the world.
Cafe-lined riverside old town.
Landmark museum of Islamic treasures.
Oman's vast, serene grand mosque.
Mud-brick birthplace of the Saudi state.
Venetian walls around the last divided capital in Europe — cross the Green Line on foot from one side to the other.
Baroque palace and art museum built by Peter the Great for Catherine I.
One of the world's largest mosques.
One of Islam’s oldest and grandest mosques, glittering with gold mosaics.
Former royal palace of Porto-Novo.
Fairytale medieval walled city, UNESCO-listed.
Futuristic, fast-built steppe capital.
Trio of flame-shaped skyscrapers that light up Baku’s skyline at night.
Fifteenth-century royal complex at the heart of Baku’s walled old city.
Budapest's grand thermal bathhouse.
Neo-Gothic riverfront parliament, Budapest’s defining silhouette.
Ride to the top of the iconic tower.
Ottoman-era citadel quarter stacked above the bay of Algiers.
The world's largest residential palace.
Manila’s walled Spanish city: Fort Santiago, the San Agustin Church and horse-drawn kalesa rides along the ramparts.
Church blasted out of solid granite in 1969, lit by a copper dome — Helsinki’s most striking modern building.
Restored terraced gardens holding the tomb of the first Mughal emperor.
Glide the 17th-century canal ring past gabled merchant houses, houseboats and 1,500 bridges — the city as it was meant to be seen.
Golden-domed monastery complex above catacombs of mummified monks.
Medieval quarter of a thousand minarets: the Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Al-Azhar mosque and the Sultan Hassan madrasa.
Stockholm’s medieval old town of narrow lanes and the Royal Palace.
Eleventh-century cathedral with original mosaics, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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