Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

Well-preserved, still-functional sliding wood doors from Ancient Rome can be found in this Vesuvius-stricken house.

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

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

Wedged between streets and buildings, this ancient Roman theatre could seat 7000 spectators.

The first passenger cable car in the world.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.

As seen in the Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ music video.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.