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

Suffocating dogs was a common spectacle in the fumes of this noxious cave.

Harlequin costumes, signed scripts, and armor-wearing puppets.

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

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

Its interior is adorned with some of the best examples of early Christian mosaics.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

One of Bhutan's oldest temples was purportedly built to halt a giant female ogre from preventing the spread of Buddhism across Tibet.

The ruins of an abandoned 17th-century fort that was almost completely destroyed by a fire.

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

This elegant neoclassical garden is a peaceful oasis in the middle of the Nepalese capital.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

In oil-rich Azerbaijan, people bathe in the black stuff.

These beautiful historic watchtowers were used for both scanning the desert for enemy invaders and observing the celestial world.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.