A masterpiece of Rationalist architecture in the center of Madrid with lizards on it.

Inside this church are the alleged remains of the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers.

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.

Dedicated to a young woman who broke gender barriers at the University of Madrid.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

Artist Natividad Sánchez wrote a new ending for one of Roman mythology's tragic love stories.

The secret centuries-old German cemetery in the heart of the Vatican.

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

Despite their macabre past, these hooks are said to bring good luck to those who touch them.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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