The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

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

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Volcanically heated hot springs.

The remnants of an archaeological camp stand within Tikal National Park.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

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

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.