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

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

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

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

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

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

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

Locals call it the "Give Peas a Chance" bridge because of its distinct graffiti.

This preserved puppy was an adorable beacon of charity.

You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

Site of the golf match between James Bond and Goldfinger.