Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.