A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The school tested mustard gas for the U.S. Army during World War I.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Peru’s only toy museum houses everything from pre-Inca whistles to lead soldiers and terrifying dolls.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.