Alleyways

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.

Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.