This eatery re-creates dishes from the Ottoman Empire so you can dine like a sultan.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

Hidden out of public view in the National Library of Israel is a collection of "Stalag's," 1960s Nazi themed porno paperbacks written and consumed by Israelis.

Modest but unique pyramid built for a pharaoh has been reduced to a “heap of stone.”

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

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

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.