Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

This sturdy, circular stronghold served as one of the forts that protected the Venetian Lagoon.

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

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

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.

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

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

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

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

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

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.