This abandoned shopping arcade has new life as an art installation.

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

An important example of architectural history slowly decays in the city center.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.

Public water fountains built during the Ottoman Era still stand throughout this seaside town.

This 18th-century former mosque held the first Hellenic Parliament.

Step inside an ancient beehive tomb built for a mysterious cult hero.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

From open waters to open dance floors—this decommissioned ferry has been transformed into a lively nightclub.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

Tourists to the mountaintop Sicilian town often overlook its ancient fortifications.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

A study of Fascist era Art Deco design in Italy.

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.