Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

Barça football fans might see the insignia hidden in a church window as a divine sign.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

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

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

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.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!