This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

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.

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

This hospital helped pave the way for treatment that drove down child-mortality rates in 19th and 20th centuries.

This preserved puppy was an adorable beacon of charity.

The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.