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

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

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

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

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

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

Venice's island of the dead.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

This Slovenian museum houses the country's largest collection of painted beehive panels.

An unmistakable facial pareidolia in the Julian Alps also includes a fantastic tale.