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Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.