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This is a museum where the architecture is as much of a draw as the exhibits. Housed in Dar el-Makhzen, a former sultan’s palace on the edge of the medina, the institution features a traditional courtyard garden and contains exhibits on the history of Tangier, from prehistory to the great Islamic dynasties that forged Morocco. The best part? The spectacular floor mosaics from the Roman city of Volubilis.

Housed in a grand former sultan’s palace on the edge of the medina and featuring a traditional courtyard garden, the Kasbah Museum takes the long view of Tangerine history. Displays span from prehistory to the coming of the great Islamic dynasties that forged Morocco. The amazing floor mosaic from the Roman city of Volubilis is the stand-out attraction.

This 1821 cultural center is home to the United States’ oldest foreign diplomatic mission; it was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark (the only one in a foreign country unaffiliated with the U.S.). The mansion houses a fascinating museum with a fine collection of paintings and artifacts. Highlights include a section dedicated to the novelist Paul Bowles (who wrote The Sheltering Sky in Tangier), and the displayed correspondence of a hapless American diplomat who was gifted a lion by his Moroccan host.