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Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

The French leader's hat sits in a glass case at the oldest restaurant in Paris.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

This scenic fortress dates back at least 2,400 years to the time of Magna Graecia.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.

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

Italy's third-largest Roman arena gives a peek into the underground operations beneath the ancient spectacles.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

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

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

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

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.