The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.

From lefty Jewish gathering site to hip cultural site in just 80 years.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

A community-run museum invites visitors to explore Jewish communities before and after the Holocaust.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

The stone barriers in this historic fishing village were once used for farming and gardening.

This giant squid sculpture sits near the spot where a real-life specimen was captured in the late 19th-century.

This small Newfoundland town has declared itself the “Root Cellar Capital of the World.”

This former iron ore mine comes alive with fascinating stories of its history.

A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.