This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

Haunting graffiti left by prisoners of the Spanish Inquisition.

An abandoned shopping gallery built during Fascist Italy tucked in the center of Palermo.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.