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

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

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

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

The enormous diamond-shaped building packs a trove of academic and literary treasures into one futuristic space.

This mix of Islamic art, vintage vehicles, weaponry, architecture, and history is an ode to eclecticism. 

An abandoned fishing village in pre-oil Qatar.

These beautiful historic watchtowers were used for both scanning the desert for enemy invaders and observing the celestial world.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.