An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

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

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

Atop the former site of a historic bakery sit two stone tributes to Verona's contribution to traditional Italian baking.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

One of the oldest libraries in the world is still operating and contains the oldest existing document in the Italian language.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The smallest Mexican land grant in California was given, and then taken from, a 19th-century teacher and nurse.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

A dramatic coastline that’s home to a rare pine tree.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

A half-century-old handmade dim sum joint opens daily at 3:00 a.m.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."