Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

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

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

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

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

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

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.