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

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.