A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

Something's watching you.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Come in, light some incense, and ignore the live snakes around you.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.

The oldest museum in Borneo is a cornucopia of rare taxidermy and human skulls.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

For hundreds of years, this huge figure has been blessing visitors before they explore his body.

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.