The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.

The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.

The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.

These lesser-known Maltese catacombs date back over 1,700 years.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.

The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.

This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

Bronzes and busts that once stood in the city's main squares are now relegated to a small hidden courtyard.