One of the oldest continually operated libraries in Kansas.

A steeple that now houses a small church.

After retiring, Gary Pendergrass turned his yard into a wonderland of outsider art.

One of the stops along the fateful journey of the Donner Party.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

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

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

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

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

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

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

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

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

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

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

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

A curious building honoring past and current members of a historic musical comedy troupe.