Magnificent statue which commemorates a local girl who either starved or fell to her death whilst waiting for her lost love or her lost child, depending on which legend you believe

The cathedral is not really remarkable except for the campanile with its astronomical clock and some amazing automatons which perform every day at noon

These two remaining restored marble fountains were part of a set of four which graced the corners of an important crossroads in Messina until the earthquake of 1908

This old fortification was converted to an "orphanage" in the 1940s, but now is a derelict and reputedly haunted ruin, resisting attempts to reuse it

A vast open air art museum on the north coast of Sicily

The lines of the historic rail line around Etna are slowly being swallowed by the extension of the Catania Metro system

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

A lesser-known World Heritage Site with an amazing Byzantine style mosaic of Jesus on the semi-dome of the apse

Once the entry route for Aragonese nobility into the square which hosted the parliament of the time.

This isolated village has Hollywood fame and a church with underground structures that date to the pre-Christian period.

This massive and complex stone tower is a great example of the many pre-historic nuraghes on the island.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

This century-old, single-screen cinema still puts a 1937 Compton organ to good use.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

This 12th-century church is home to England's largest Phoebe Traquair murals

This traditionally British fish and chip shop is one of the few that still cooks its products in a coal-fired range.

The site of a dress rehearsal for D-Day that ended in disaster.

After playing in this house and its gardens as a child, J.M. Barrie credited it for helping inspire the story of Peter Pan.

This tiny cottage was the birthplace of the father of the US Navy

The oldest working camera obscura in the world sits on the top floor of an old windmill tower.