Venice, Italy
Church of San Giacomo di Rialto
According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.
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Venice, Italy
According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.
Venice, Italy
This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.
Venice, Italy
An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Blenheim, South Carolina
Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.
Summerville, South Carolina
First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.
Queens, New York
A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".
New York, New York
New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.
Fairfax Station, Virginia
One of the oldest train stations still standing in Virginia played a vital role during the Civil War.
Nordstrand, Germany
A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.
Bramhope, England
This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.
Prague, Czechia
An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.
Riegersburg, Austria
A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.
Pembroke, Wales
A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.
Borth, Wales
A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.
Pontarfynach, Wales
Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.
Kingussie, Scotland
These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.
Qesm Siwah, Egypt
Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.
Bender, Moldova
A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.
Seborga, Italy
This small village claims to be independent from Italy because it was left out when the nation was unified.
Elbow Cay, Bahamas
In the Bahamas sits a lighthouse that is among the last of its kind.
Porto, Portugal
This historic streetcar system has been running since the 19th-century.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques
Makati, Philippines
This gold sash was part of a massive collection of pre-Hispanic gold artifacts discovered in an isolated village in the Philippines.