Venice, Italy
St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
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Venice, Italy
Piraeus Lion
Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.
Venice, Italy
Attila's Throne
An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.
Venice, Italy
Marforio Dragon Lamp
An iron dragon with a long neck covered in feathery scales perched above one of Venice's most popular squares.
Permanently Closed
Venice, Italy
Giant Hands of Venice’s Grand Canal
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
Venice, Italy
Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs
This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.
Venice, Italy
St. Mark's Lost Third Column
Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.
Venice, Italy
Isola di San Michele
Venice's island of the dead.
Venice, Italy
The Mad Colored Houses of Burano
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Venice, Italy
Tomb of Antonio Canova
A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.
Hibbing, Minnesota
Greyhound Bus Museum
An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Historic Stasiu's Urinals
A palatial art deco restroom.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The Nook Basement
The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Owamni
The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Museum of Quackery and Medical Frauds
A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.
Krakow, Poland
The Bones of the Wawel Dragon
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
First National Bank Building Skyway
Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.
Pipestone, Minnesota
Giant Pipe of Pipestone
A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Old Muskego Church
A Norwegian church that was built before Wisconsin was even a state has been entirely moved to a nicer spot.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Bakken Museum
A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.
Aomori, Japan
Showa Daibutsu
The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.
Ōzora-chō, Japan
Shibazakura Park
Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.
Nagakute, Japan
Satsuki and Mei's House
A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."
Hakone, Japan
Owakudani Black Eggs
Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.
