Known for centuries as the famous Roman emperor's burial place, this monument is actually something else.

Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

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

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

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

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

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.