Machismo turned on its head: the lady's hand goes to the dude with the bigger brain.

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.

One of the tallest bell towers in Italy plays a particular melody at just two times each day.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

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

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

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

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

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

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

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

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

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

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

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

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

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

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.