The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Legend holds that St. Paul was flogged for preaching Christianity at this pillar.

The ruins of a fifth-century church dedicated to Our Lady of the Harbor.

The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.

The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.

A unique museum dedicated to culture and artistry of carpet weaving.

This colorful and quirky set of pegasus sculptures celebrate the works of poet Zbigniew Herbert.

These 18th-century paintings of Warsaw were used to reconstruct the city after World War II.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.