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

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

A magnificent Victorian garden that brings the charm and style of old-time aristocracy to the 21st century public.

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Thousands of Haitians travel to the waterfalls to ask the Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and her voodoo counterpart Erzulie for healing in a yearly pilgrimage.

An entire town in Haiti memorializes one man and his historic revolution.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

The Natural History Museum that time forgot.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.