The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

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

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

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

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

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

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

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

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

Venice's island of the dead.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

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

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

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

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

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.