A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.

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

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

A dismembered holy head stares out from her beautiful reliquary at the St. Dominic Basilica.

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.

An enormous mural of a local Nashville resident adorns this abandoned silo.

Built in the 19th century, this bucket has been to two World’s Fairs.

Jack White's record store is the only place in the world that records live shows direct-to-acetate.