The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

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

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

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

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 mile-wide crater high in the mountains of Indonesia is the largest gold mine in the world.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

These simple structures are living monuments to the fishermen who built this community over a century ago.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Every winter, this tiny islet on Florida’s Gulf Coast is swarmed by some of the largest birds on the continent.

Known as the most resilient water tower in the region.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

The bizarre story of the mysterious death and hidden treasure of one of Sanibel Island's early homesteaders.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

A building so large that it has its own weather.