One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

This underwater sculpture park is the basis for a manmade coral reef.

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

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

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

A design by master architect Alvar Aalto in a small village in the Apennines near Bologna.

These structures hanging over the water's surface are traditional fishing machines.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This beautiful 14th-century castle perched on a promontory overlooks the Bay of Trieste.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

Meet the oldest inhabitants of this Italian hamlet, a series of oddly preserved mummies.

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

This Italian ski resort rose to fame when Benito Mussolini was held prisoner there and then rescued by the SS.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.