Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

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

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

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

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

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Quaint, disturbing, and macabre objects are all on display at this intriguing collection of medical instruments from bygone eras.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

From under the bed of one of the co-founders, this server helped launch the notorious file-sharing website.

Central City celebrates its most famous madam by racing beds down Main Street.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.

Military and first responders can test their skills in a Foggy Bottom mock station down in Georgia.

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

A showcase of canine neckwear spanning five centuries of doggie fashion and function.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.