The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

A museum dedicated to the centuries-old cave dwellings that housed marginalized communities on the outskirts of the former capital of Muslim Spain.

Its appearance in "Game of Thrones" may spur on the long-awaited restoration of this medieval shipyard.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

The remains of three different ancient civilizations have been found at this rich archaeological site.

Home to over 1,000 street signs, this museum offers visitors an opportunity to travel over 70 years back in time.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

Cave shrine on Monte Pellegrino.