Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

This 17th-century structure is a beautiful testimony to traditional Persian architecture

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This ancient fortress in Iran was once the oldest and largest treasury in the world.

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

A historic trade hub teeming with gorgeous architecture, colorful goods, and vibrant designs.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

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

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.