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This rare volcano spews the strangest and (literally) coolest lava in the world.

Stay in your own little bubble.

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

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

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

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

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

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

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

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

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

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

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

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

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

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

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

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.