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

A memorial to Brazil's little-known role in World War II.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

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

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

Red, white, and blue painted steps along with a Union Jack celebrate the outcome of Gibraltar's 1967 referendum.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

This stucco building in North Africa was the first American-owned property on foreign soil.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.