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

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

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

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

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

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

A well-worshipped shrine to the Virgin Mary nestled inside the last of Zagreb’s historic gates.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

Construction of this bridge was once described as an "act of violence" against a neighboring country.

This work of art is considered the world's longest mosaic.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

This fountain has a growing (animal) population, and might also be growing in size.

The interior of this church has been turned into a memorial to locals who died in Croatia's Homeland War.

The local club's soccer field is practically surrounded by UNESCO-protected monuments.

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

Decorated with a staggering 1,380 ladybugs, the installation has turned what was once a grim, forgotten nickel mine into a landmark and a statement.

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

A family-run camping spot in the Namibian desert.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.