Abandoned ships along a deserted beach feel like the set of a post-apocalyptic thriller.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.