An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

These ruins by the Dead Sea is where John the Baptist met his untimely end.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

This ancient town is full of stunning Ottoman architecture and streets so narrow trash collection is done by donkey.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.

Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.

The world's oldest grape-producing vine has survived four centuries of turmoil and even has its own anthem.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

Now abandoned, the world's first torpedo factory is crumbling into the sea.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

A line of disused military bunkers built to defend against Nazi invasion lies hidden on the outskirts of the city.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.