The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

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

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

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

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.