Venice's island of the dead.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

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

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

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

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

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

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

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

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

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

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

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

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

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

This Italian church is as beautiful as it is common, except for the real skulls decorating the many mannequins inside.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

The world's first and only museum dedicated to dachshunds.

From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.

A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.