The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

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

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

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

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

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

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

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.