Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

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

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

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

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

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

This two-legged horse statue celebrates a beloved cartoonist and his quirky characters.

The remains of an anti-aircraft battery from World War II look out over Glasgow.