Venice, Italy
Ponte dei Pugni (Bridge of Fists)
100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.
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Venice, Italy
100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.
Venice, Italy
Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.
Stra, Italy
A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.
Chioggia, Italy
One of the oldest still-working clocks in the world sits on an ancient tower.
Pomposa, Italy
The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.
Comacchio, Italy
This uniquely designed bridge served as the city gate for Comacchio.
Rimini, Italy
One Italian taxi driver covered his entire house in small seashells creating a weird bit of architecture that is preserved to this day.
Rimini, Italy
Famous landmarks and structures from across Italy fill this miniature park.
Rimini, Italy
This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.
Furore, Italy
A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.
Torre Annunziata, Italy
This tiny islet has somehow housed an ancient temple, two monasteries, a church, a fortress, and a restaurant.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Ercolano, Italy
For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.
Naples, Italy
This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.
Naples, Italy
A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.
Naples, Italy
In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.
Naples, Italy
This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.
Naples, Italy
A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.
Naples, Italy
A surreal botanical garden with an even more surreal tour guide.
Manhattan Beach, California
The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Carson, California
Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.
Long Beach, California
The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.
Huntington Beach, California
This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.