Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

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

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

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

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

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

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.