The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

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

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."

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

An exquisite and eclectic selection of African masks stands out within a massive woodcarving marketplace.

Over the course of its history, this tiny island has held enslaved people in transit and served as a quarantine zone. Today, it's a giant tortoise sanctuary.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

Exhibits from an island in Lake Michigan are preserved in this hand-built cabin museum.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.