The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

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

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.

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.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

These artifacts were discovered during the construction of the airport, with some dating back to the Neolithic period.

This 18th-century former mosque held the first Hellenic Parliament.