For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

This museum in a shuttered train station remembers the island's forgotten rail system.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

Rusted structures stand like ghosts of Cyprus' 6,000-year-old copper industry.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

One of the biggest markets in Asia, under one of the continent's largest domes.

A preserved building where the dead were once watched for signs of life.

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

Artwork tucked within the trees greets visitors with surreal sonic experiences.

Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.

This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.

This abandoned beacon is moving closer and closer to the sea.