See Malta’s history through the recreation of scenes of torture using life-sized mannequins in a former medieval dungeon.

The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

Spectacular secluded inlet with clear waters flanked by limestone cliffs.

People have been making salt here using traditional methods for centuries.

In 1888, a resident of Xagħra, Malta, discovered a small underground chamber filled with stalactites and stalagmites when digging a well.

Local legend associates this large limestone chunk with a giantess, but archeologists say it may be the remains of a neolithic burial chamber.

A small cave network was discovered under a home in Xagħra, in 1924 when the owner was digging a well.

One of Malta’s most popular beaches features a seemingly out-of-place statue of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus.

Hike up to this abandoned hotel for one of the best panoramic views of the island of Gozo.

Where the people of Gozo have been doing laundry for more than six centuries.

Listen to Malta’s musical heritage while relaxing in the park.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.

This 19th-century aqueduct provides insights into how water was supplied to Victoria on the island of Gozo before modern plumbing.

These clocks tell time in a theological sense.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

This is one of the very few intact windmills built by the Knights of St. John in the island nation of Malta.

In the sleepy town of Gozo exists a reproduction of the entire town of Bethlehem.

Malta’s oldest sea water distillation building is now an architectural anomaly on the Sliema waterfront.

Despite the name, these small saltwater swimming pools have nothing to do with the Romans.