A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

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

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.