This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

A haven for wildlife amid the farmlands and development of the Willamette River Valley.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

One of the world's smallest city parks is only 12 by 20 feet.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

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

Venice's island of the dead.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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