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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

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

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

Venice's island of the dead.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

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

An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.

This three-chambered cave is the only protected natural bat hibernaculum in Quebec.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

Located on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, this mansion is home to a massive art collection.

This exuberantly curated landscape is one of the largest sculpture gardens in Canada.

This famous church is adorned by a mural commemorating the independence of Vatican City.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.