A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

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

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

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

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

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

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

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

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.