The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.

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

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

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

This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

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

Abandoned village in Sicily built during the agricultural reforms of Mussolini.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

A medieval wash house where people washed clothes in a river allegedly formed by the tears of a mourning nymph.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

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

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.