The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Buried next to Pompeii, this lesser-known Roman villa was the opulent vacation home of Emperor Nero's wife.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.

Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

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

Volkswagen's dedicated museum dives into the complex history of one of the world's best known cars.

This German monument honors the so-called "Prince of Mathematicians."

A purr-fectly spirited bronze celebration of local street felines through history.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.