The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

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

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

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

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Venice's island of the dead.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

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

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

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.

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.

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