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

This sturdy, circular stronghold served as one of the forts that protected the Venetian Lagoon.

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

A historic building houses one of the most important archaeological institutes in Europe.

The longest sculpture trail in the United Kingdom.

This stone commemorates the island's launch into international aviation.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.

This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.

A famous pilgrimage site that remains hidden in the midst of a city.

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.