A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

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

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

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

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

According to the legend, this structure was built in a single night with the help of the devil.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.

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