Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

An old slave lookout in Cuba's historic sugar cane fields.

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

This hidden 13th-century tavern room has a few Shakespearean connections.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.