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

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

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

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Dine on old-school red sauce fare at a former mob hang out and film set for The Sopranos.

The site where Joe Gallo kept his guns, pet lion, and launched an all out mob war in 1960s Brooklyn.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.