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When this 400-year-old fountain fell into disrepair, officials covered the mess up with what looks like a giant soup tureen.

This fortress was built using the last surviving stones from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

A small but very fascinating fountain in the center of Rome with four books and a deer carved.

A small cave hidden deep within the Jenny Jump State Forest.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.

Its interior is adorned with some of the best examples of early Christian mosaics.

This hidden alley near the location of Rome's first theater was the site of a curious miracle.

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."