For over two centuries, this palace served as a residence for the Holy Roman Inquisition's leaders, a courthouse, and a prison.

People have been making salt here using traditional methods for centuries.

Despite the name, these small saltwater swimming pools have nothing to do with the Romans.

These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.

The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.

The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

A 1930’s courtroom where John Dillinger and his gang went before a judge.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.