Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver's oldest watering holes.

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

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

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

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

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

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

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

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

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.