Nearly 800 years old, this river lock is now a public park with a former fortified island.

One of the tallest bell towers in Italy plays a particular melody at just two times each day.

This Renaissance palace features a unique architectural design and is now home to the Ferrara National Art Gallery.

This uniquely designed bridge served as the city gate for Comacchio.

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

A bridge to rival those in nearby Venice but without the crowds.

One of the oldest still-working clocks in the world sits on an ancient tower.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

An intricate ceramic tile facade adorns this five-star hotel.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

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.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

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

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

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

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

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.