A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

Nestled in the hills of Tuscany are gorgeous, multicolored hot springs.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

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

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.