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

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

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

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

This half-ton piece of the Alps sits at the base of the CN Tower.

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

One of the tallest buildings in Africa provides a great view of Johannesburg's unique geography.

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

The world's largest pineapple building honors Bathurst's favorite fruit.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.