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

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

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

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

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

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

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

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.