A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

Pay your respects at the final resting place of the man behind one of the best-known names in food.

An unfinished revolving restaurant on a church campus towers over suburban Northeast Ohio

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

A centuries-old stone pagoda from Japan stands among cherry trees beside the National Mall Tidal Basin.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.

An ancient Egyptian obelisk is now used to commemorate fallen Italian soldiers.

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

An Outer Banks museum devoted to the thousands of shipwrecks resting off North Carolina’s coast.

A strange-looking 18th-century tower sits on a tiny islet just off Livorno.

The mysterious “claw marks” said to be left by the Devil on Pisa’s famous cathedral.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

National Mall monument to the inventor of the screw propeller.

This public amphitheater was once a key part of Monaco’s defense strategy.