Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

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

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

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

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

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

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

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

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.