Rome is now home to a stunning food museum and library.

This small Roman arch was transformed into a dwelling by the founder of the Trinitarian Order.

This hermitage celebrates the legend of Emperor Constantine's healing from leprosy.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.