A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This modernist tower was saved by a fraternity with a 500-year-old penchant for shooting at wooden parrots.

Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

A Biblically notable site over the ruins of an ancient city that is now a protected World Heritage site.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

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

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

This dazzling Art Nouveau mansion is now home to the Modern Art Gallery Subotica.

Religious perseverance and cultural coexistence manifest in an architectural gem that multiple wars couldn't topple.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.