The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

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

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

Venice's island of the dead.

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

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

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

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.