"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

Enthusiasts of the mid-20th century magician and comedian erected this statue in the small Welsh town in which he was born, even though the comedian only lived there for three years.

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

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

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

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

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

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

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

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

Striking occult iconography on a medieval German church.

After this historic church was destroyed by World War II bombing, its blackened shell was left standing as a monument.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.