This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

This small stone hut was once home to a gold prospector and his family.

Inspired by the more famous Scrovegni Chapel, Cappella di San Giovanni contains several amazing frescoes.

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

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.

The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

These ruins by the Dead Sea is where John the Baptist met his untimely end.

Perched above the bustling town of Kerak is a sprawling, ruinous castle that has witnessed nearly a millennia of Levantine history.

The remains of three different ancient civilizations have been found at this rich archaeological site.