This Tuscan church contains a gallery of over 700 ex-votos depicting near-death experiences.

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

This museum in a shuttered train station remembers the island's forgotten rail system.

Every spring, locals see the shadowy figures of a ghost army of slain Greek soldiers descend upon this ruined fort.

A micro-communist utopia in Spain with no police, no mortgages and full employment.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan was once guarded by a footless warrior.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.