The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Inside this station, the 1945 film "Brief Encounter" is played on a loop daily.

An impressive museum dedicated to the resource that made the Scandinavian country rich.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

This rare aquatic phenomenon is one of the more accessible tidal bores in Morecambe Bay.

This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

These artifacts were discovered during the construction of the airport, with some dating back to the Neolithic period.

This incredible viaduct was part of the Victorian railway boom and helped the Midland Railway navigate tough terrain.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

This old KLM airplane cut into three parts was transformed into an eclectic airport gift shop.

This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.