A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

This historic floating crane became an unlikely symbol of the port of Trieste.

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

One of the oldest libraries in the world is still operating and contains the oldest existing document in the Italian language.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

The oldest church in Mantua was buried for centuries under the facades of other structures.

Old batteries and frog skeletons reside in this lakeside monument to Alessandro Volta.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

An 18th century fountain and two columns are all that remains of Rome's forgotten river harbor.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.