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

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

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

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.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

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

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

The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.