Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

A 12th-century Italian skirmish gets reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.

A 19th century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.