The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

In this nearly 1,000-year-old monastery, monks painstakingly restore old books.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

The tomb of the mythological founder of Padua is not hidden in some obscure crypt, but stands right in the middle of the city square.

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

Stuck in the arcade of Casa Isolani are three arrows of mysterious origins.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.