Pompeii, Italy
The Brothels of Pompeii
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
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Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Pompeii, Italy
The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Baia, Italy
A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.
Pozzuoli, Italy
Italy's "New Mountain" rose from the ground in a volcanic eruption in 1538.
Pozzuoli, Italy
Italy's third-largest Roman arena gives a peek into the underground operations beneath the ancient spectacles.
Pozzuoli, Italy
A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.
Naples, Italy
Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.
Naples, Italy
This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.
Naples, Italy
In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.
Naples, Italy
Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Long Beach, California
The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.
Glendale, California
An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.
Pasadena, California
Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
San Bernardino County, California
The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.
Los Angeles, California
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.