Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

A massive maritime collision may have led to the myth of a resort island's strange financial status.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

Impressive sink holes fill this untouched old-growth forest in the Bahamas.

An underwater road considered a possible Atlantis location.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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