Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

Known for centuries as the famous Roman emperor's burial place, this monument is actually something else.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

Roman-era ships unearthed...

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

This seaside sanctuary was once one of the most important religious sites for women in ancient Greece.

A former factory serves as a shrine to the industry that sustained Santorini for decades.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Led Zeppelin wrote some of their most iconic songs at this little 18th-century Welsh cottage.

Come for the chanting, stay for the monastical vegan buffet.

Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.