The wreckage of a tragic plane crash is on display at this museum devoted to a famous Italian conspiracy.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

The oldest surviving one-room schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Maryland.

One of the oldest standing structures in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

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

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.