An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

An architectural marvel that dates back to the zenith of Indian architecture.

These egg-shaped buildings constructed by Jesuits house a quaint museum in the Andes.

This 1st-century CE Roman bath sits under a carpark.

A witch wreaks ruinous revenge on this ancient church with her "enchanted leg."

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

This quiet chapel was central to a community of settlers who reclaimed an abandoned fort.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.