The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

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.

What appears to be an ancient Roman temple is actually a Catholic church.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

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

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

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

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A 2,000-year-old Adena burial mound located along a busy street in Columbus, Ohio.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.