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

Iconic rock formations that allow for exploration during high or low tide.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.