This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

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

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

Orcas on display and in the water.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.