A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Abandoned village in Sicily built during the agricultural reforms of Mussolini.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.