A bathhouse from the second Islamic Caliphate decorated with frescoes of constellations, pleasure gardens, and naked ladies.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

This remarkable checkered church on a Corsican hilltop is fabled to have been built by angels.

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

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

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

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

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."

One of the most detailed and historically accurate collections of Ugandan artifacts depicting Bahima tribal history, culture, and daily life.

The burial ground of four Buganda monarchs was nearly destroyed by a devastating fire.

Uganda's smallest savannah park is home to over 350 species of birds and mammals.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.