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

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

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

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

The Nobel-Prize-winning author of The Stranger is buried beneath a simple gravestone in a sleepy French village.

This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

Nearly every wall in this French villa has been "tattooed" by artist Jean Cocteau and other famous painters.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

A miniature diorama that recounts the brilliant stories of author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.

Artist Danielle Jacqui decorates nearly every inch of her home inside and out with her work.

The writer took refuge in this home in Southern France for the last 17 years of his life.