An unusual and beautiful form of mass transit serves the city's steepest neighborhoods.

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

Ecuador’s historic seat of government has been quietly looted in recent decades, and no one knows how or by whom.

This historic street in Quito is known for its seven stone crosses—and one presidential assassination.

A short volcanic hill in Quito doubles as a stellar observation point of an iconic statue.

This overlooked, beautiful convent hides an original Hieronymus Bosch among its many treasures.

The world's tallest aluminum statue is also the world's tallest image of a winged Virgin Mary.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.

It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.

The gondolas let you glimpse a bird's-eye view of one of the world's highest capital cities.

The narrow passages will challenge even the bravest driver.

The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

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