A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

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

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

One of the oldest libraries in the world is still operating and contains the oldest existing document in the Italian language.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

One of the earliest depictions of an Arthurian scene that is shrouded in mystery.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

An amazing collection of wax anatomical models and terratological models.

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

A great white whale sculpture now sits in the location where the remains of a prehistoric cetacean were found.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

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

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

Venice's island of the dead.

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

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

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