The last surviving bastion of the Baquet restaurant empire serves up superb soul food.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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

A hidden fishing village on Sicily's Ionian coast, known for the legend of a shepherd, a nymph, and a jealous Cyclops.

Constructed during the 1960s, this bridge is still the highest in Italy.

This castle has decor from many periods of history, as well as a fairytale park.

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

One of Rome's most picturesque and original bridges was also a popular choice for Grand Tour artists.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

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

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.