Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

A blend of nature and art awaits visitors to this park.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

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

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Though a proud Texan, the 41st President of the United States started life in the suburbs of Boston.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

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

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