This sanctuary is home to donkeys who finally get to rest after a life of toil.

This amazing oasis of art and plants is hidden on the outskirts of Marrakesh.

Where the people of Gozo have been doing laundry for more than six centuries.

In the sleepy town of Gozo exists a reproduction of the entire town of Bethlehem.

This abandoned building, which is the second-largest structure on the Maltese island of Comino, has a complicated past.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

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

A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.

The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.

According to legend, after Hades pulled Persephone into the underworld, one of her attendant nymphs cried so much that her tears formed this spring.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

For centuries, this large Roman villa remained hidden thanks to the eruption that buried nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum.

This statue is the only female representation of Rome's "talking statues."

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.