An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

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

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

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.

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

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

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

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The world's first and only museum dedicated to dachshunds.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.