How did a lighthouse wind up in the middle of this landlocked German city?

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

This equestrian statue of Constantine the Great has been the subject of criticism for centuries.

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.

What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?

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

Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.