Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

This 18th-century folly is one of Europe's rare "garden mosques."

World's largest barrel containing an inn.