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

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

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

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

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

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

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

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.