The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

This fortified town dating back to the 1400s is often described as an open-air museum and is a protected National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

For over two centuries, this palace served as a residence for the Holy Roman Inquisition's leaders, a courthouse, and a prison.

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.

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

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

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

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

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