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

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

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.

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of Northern New Mexico's geology.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

These centuries old gardens have been restored to their 17th century condition.