Pompeii, Italy
Stone Phalluses of Pompeii
The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.
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Pompeii, Italy
The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.
Pompeii, Italy
Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.
Anacapri, Italy
The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.
Tunis, Tunisia
The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.
Carthage, Tunisia
This museum in the famously blue neighborhood of Sidi Bou Saïd showcases a traditional Tunisian lifestyle.
Lampedusa e Linosa, Italy
Contrary to what its name suggests, you won't find any bunnies here.
Lampedusa e Linosa, Italy
A monument to the migrants who cross the dangerous waters between North Africa and a tiny Italian island.
Valletta, Malta
The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.
Stromboli, Italy
A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.
Syracuse, Italy
Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.
Marsala, Italy
These ruins of a Phoenician sanctuary in Sicily have a dark history.
Erice, Italy
Tourists to the mountaintop Sicilian town often overlook its ancient fortifications.
Catania, Italy
A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Calatafimi, Italy
This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.
Gibellina Vecchia, Italy
Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.
Caltagirone, Italy
142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.
Favara, Italy
This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.
Palermo, Italy
This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.
Palermo, Italy
A plaque honoring a Hungarian hero of Italy is hidden in plain sight in Palermo.
Palermo, Italy
This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.
Palermo, Italy
This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.
Bagheria, Italy
A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.
Pantelleria, Italy
This megalithic tomb was crafted by a mysterious civilization that settled the island of Pantelleria.