Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

After spending more than a century on the ocean floor, this shipwrecked column is finally resting atop solid ground.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

This funky former tobacco factory is one of the most striking examples of Madrid's cultural diversity.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

Striking ruins of a mansion that stood center stage in one of modern Brazil's most puzzling crimes.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

The Natural History Museum that time forgot.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.