The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

This stone tower was built to protect Crete from incoming pirates.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

A look into the life of a Victorian-era prisoner.

Long before mobile phones or GPS were available, these sentry boxes provided help for motorists in need.

A historic pub in the front room of a Victorian-era house.

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

Relics designed to contain and conceal Yugoslavian submarines.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

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

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

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.