These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

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

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

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

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

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.