The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

Discover the taste of mold.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

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

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

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