This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

This tiny islet has somehow housed an ancient temple, two monasteries, a church, a fortress, and a restaurant.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

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

Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

Always a new use for this old building.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

The gravestones in this lost burial ground were bulldozed and replaced with houses and a dog park.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

The remains of an ancient settlement in one of the oldest archeological sites in South America.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.