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

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

Venice's island of the dead.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A museum dedicated to the former country.

This ice cream parlor serves scoops of flavors like rakia, medlar, and poppy seed.

Dedicated to a brave pooch who fought a tiger to save a young child.

Backwards hour and minute hands and a timing mechanism that fluctuates with the temperature led to this clock tower's local nickname.

This statue of a goat in boots is meant to represent the European Union.

Tucked in an urban forest, this restaurant specializes in homemade, healing rakijas.

This art installation pays homage to the famed stones of European lore.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

These stairs feature the names of Zemun's most famous faces.

Different sections of the Zemun Fortress were built in the 14th and 15th century as a response to the advance of the Ottoman Empire.