These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.

This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.

The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.

The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.

Enigmatic tombs and cave dwellings on the outskirts of a rural village.

This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.

Ancient mysterious ruts carved in the bedrock.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.