Wedged between streets and buildings, this ancient Roman theatre could seat 7000 spectators.

A monumental private palace behind an unassuming facade, with astonishing interiors including a rococo ballroom.

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

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

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.

Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.

This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."

This garage is frozen in the late 1990s, full of rare and untouched cars and motorcycles.

One Maltese man’s hobby became an extensive collection of restored automobiles, motoring paraphernalia, and antiques.

The ruins of a megalithic monument sit right in the garden of a luxurious Maltese resort.

These sprawling military housing quarters from the 1960s are now defunct and hidden in plain sight on Malta’s Mediterranean coast.

The eyes and ears of this tower keep watch over Malta’s Grand Harbor.

This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.

Malta’s largest cemetery is a Victorian-era architectural masterpiece.

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

One of Malta’s most important Neolithic sites sits in a suburban area south of the country’s capital.

A World War II-era sign in Valletta is a reminder of when Malta was besieged so severely that food needed to be rationed.

This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.

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

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

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

See Malta’s history through the recreation of scenes of torture using life-sized mannequins in a former medieval dungeon.

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

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.