A 3rd-century Roman villa in Kourion with one of the only mosaics in Cyprus to depict gladiators fighting by name.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

Get buzzed beholding one of the world's largest coffee-machine collections, then step into the café for a specially brewed cup.

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

This remote highway took over 50 years to build.

This bridge was designed to connect a road that never came to fruition.

This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.