This 19th-century aqueduct provides insights into how water was supplied to Victoria on the island of Gozo before modern plumbing.

This is one of the very few intact windmills built by the Knights of St. John in the island nation of Malta.

These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

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

One of Malta’s most popular beaches features a seemingly out-of-place statue of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus.

Hike up to this abandoned hotel for one of the best panoramic views of the island of Gozo.

These clocks tell time in a theological sense.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

Listen to Malta’s musical heritage while relaxing in the park.

Malta’s oldest sea water distillation building is now an architectural anomaly on the Sliema waterfront.

Despite the name, these small saltwater swimming pools have nothing to do with the Romans.

These sprawling military housing quarters from the 1960s are now defunct and hidden in plain sight on Malta’s Mediterranean coast.

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

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

Stock up on superb sour cherry preserves made by hand in copper kettles.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.