The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.

A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A "gateway" into Mexico's northern border, represented by an abstract red tower.

Take in a sweeping views of Guanajuato—and save yourself a hike up a steep hill—on this funicular.

After it was missing for a decade, this 40-foot statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe was found and returned to a place of honor—with a little help from a tropical storm.

This ”skyspace,” which bears a resemblance to a spacecraft, is designed to disappear in the presence of light.

This centuries-old mine remained hidden beneath a hotel bar until 2013.

The jewel of the museum is a rare tumulus, a funeral decoration from the 18th century.

A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.

When life gives you Prohibition, open a bar in Juárez.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

A 15th-century monumental Latin inscription on this house celebrates Lorenzo Manilio's love for Rome.

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This ancient city was home to one of the greatest schools of Greek philosophy.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.