As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

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

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

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

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

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

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

The people of Padua pledged to construct this church if the city was spared from destruction during World War I.

A twisted steel beam from the wreckage of the World Trade Center is the centerpiece of this memorial for those who died on September 11, 2001.

Something's missing between the arcades of the Palazzo della Ragione in "the city of the three withouts."

This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

In medieval times this small stone seat was used as a bizarre way to punish insolvent debtors.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

The tomb of the mythological founder of Padua is not hidden in some obscure crypt, but stands right in the middle of the city square.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.