This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

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

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

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

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

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."