An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.

Some believe this abandoned Brutalist masterpiece inspired George Lucas's Sandcrawler.

The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.

The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

The mysterious “eyes of the Devil” dot a street in the occult center of Italy.

See every month of the year personified at this opulent Turinese fountain.

This Art Nouveau mansion was used as the "House of the Screaming Child" in Dario Argento’s giallo classic.

A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.

This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.

Believed to be the remains of the lost Temple of Minerva, this nymphaeum has been known by its misnomer to this day.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

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

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

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