Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

A beautifully preserved and hidden 16th-century alleyway, tucked behind an unassuming door.

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

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.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Rejoice at Amsterdam's ‘pop temple,’ a former church reborn as a raucous music venue.

The ruins of this Dutch castle sit atop a labyrinth of once-secret tunnels and passageways, dating back over 900 years.

A bridge that has seen many reiterations over its lifetime.

The world's first floating farm is staffed by one human, three robots, and 35 cows.

Wind power station for making famous Ketel One vodka.

A statue of Schiedam's beloved gin mascot.