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

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

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

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.

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

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

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

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

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

This Idaho state park boasts the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

This museum in San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the oldest and largest archives of Chinese American history and culture.

Site of the 1926 murder trial of Ernest Burkhart who was involved in the "Reign of Terror."

A tiny but mighty little pumper sits in the middle of the street, waiting for the next big oil strike.