This environmental engineering marvel keeps salt water from the Elizabeth River.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

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

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.