Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

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

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Ever loyal to Roma, the small village of Albe in the Abruzzo region carried on until an earthquake did it in.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

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

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

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

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.