The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.