An iron dragon with a long neck covered in feathery scales perched above one of Venice's most popular squares.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

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

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

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

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

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

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

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

A guitar mounted on a wall in Temple Bar honors the Irish musician.

This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.