A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

The place where World War I began.

The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

The best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.