The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

Madrid's last horchata kiosk is a blue-and-white beacon of refreshment.

This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

A crumbling ghost town with prime views of the dam that doomed it.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

The eccentric midcentury home of a suspected mafia gun-runner.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

This fortress sits atop a centuries-old well system.

An archaeological site believed to be the burial place of the "mother of us all."