Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

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

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

A study of Fascist era Art Deco design in Italy.

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

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

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

Italy's third-largest Roman arena gives a peek into the underground operations beneath the ancient spectacles.

This 6th-century church has the largest and best-preserved collection of Byzantine mosaics outside Constantinople.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.