The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

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

A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.

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

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Life-size figures portray depot attendants, train crew, and passengers frozen in time at the oldest railroad station in Arkansas.

The seventh largest spring in the world.