From a distance, this statue of an eagle looks like a giant chicken on a stick.

It's home to the antenna that received the first images of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.

This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.

The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.

This 50-foot-deep sinkhole created in the 14th century is home to rare plants and fungi.

Ancient mysterious ruts carved in the bedrock.

This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.

The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

These lesser-known Maltese catacombs date back over 1,700 years.

The ruins of a megalithic monument sit right in the garden of a luxurious Maltese resort.

The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

Stone Age solar temple is aligned with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

Step inside an ancient beehive tomb built for a mysterious cult hero.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.