The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

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

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Poland's oldest salt mine has nearly everything one needs to live underground forever.

Extraordinary animals sculpted from leftover junk.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

A special area of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples is located inside a metro station.

A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.

Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.

Camels and crocodiles share the black waters of this stunning Saharan oasis.

If you've ever wondered at which cycle of the moon you’re supposed to spread manure produced by your guinea pigs, this is the place for you.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

Some believe this abandoned Brutalist masterpiece inspired George Lucas's Sandcrawler.

The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.

The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.

The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.

Surrounded by a smudge of dark earth, this isolated volcano sits in stark contrast to the surrounding Sahara.