People have been making salt here using traditional methods for centuries.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.

This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

For over two centuries, this palace served as a residence for the Holy Roman Inquisition's leaders, a courthouse, and a prison.

The bones of prehistoric animals and early signs of human habitation have been found inside Malta's "cave of darkness."

A World War II-era sign in Valletta is a reminder of when Malta was besieged so severely that food needed to be rationed.

After 400 years of being closed to the public, this monastery's underground tunnels and secret garden are now a museum.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

Valletta’s outdoor theatre stands within the ruins of a 19th-century opera house.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

A woman facing death for bearing a child out of wedlock lifted this massive stone as her legacy.

This commemorative stone was erected near the first Scout campsite.

All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

This windmill has been grinding pigments for traditional paints for more than 200 years.

When this 400-year-old fountain fell into disrepair, officials covered the mess up with what looks like a giant soup tureen.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Venice's island of the dead.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.