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

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

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

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.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.