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

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

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

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

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

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The first modernist church in Europe.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The world's tallest aluminum statue is also the world's tallest image of a winged Virgin Mary.

It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.

A short volcanic hill in Quito doubles as a stellar observation point of an iconic statue.

Ecuador’s historic seat of government has been quietly looted in recent decades, and no one knows how or by whom.

This historic street in Quito is known for its seven stone crosses—and one presidential assassination.

Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.