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.

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

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

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

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.