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

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

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

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

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

This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

Dine on ceviche tacos in the sea at this floating restaurant only accessible by boat.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

This 130-year-old, steam locomotive represents the Spanish industrial and agricultural boom of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

These ruins are all that remain of Tortosa’s lost coal gas manufacturing industry.

Barcelona's only remaining tram system takes riders to the Tibidabo funicular.

These magnificently sculpted tombs represent Spain's own legendary version of "Romeo and Juliet."

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.