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This Obscure Bangkok Market is Home to a Million-Dollar Collection of Tropical Fish
In the market for rare aquarium fish? Head to Thailand.
La Paz, Bolivia
Bolivia's Witch Market
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Neighbourgoods Market
A growing popular hipster market with over 100 local specialties and live music.
London, England
Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Tha Ka Rong
A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Zanzibar's Night Market
After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.
Panama City, Panama
Mercado De Abastos
A huge, bustling local market in Panama City.
Fez, Morocco
Fes el-Bali
Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.
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Shanghai, China
Shanghart Supermarket
This supermarket in Shanghai appears to be a typical Chinese convenience store, but all of the bottles are empty and all the containers are filled with nothing but air.
Bangkok, Thailand
Amulet Market
Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Trust Rotunda Building
Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.
Cork, Ireland
The Butter Museum
This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.
Kolkata, India
College Street
The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.
Hotan, China
Hotan Sunday Market
This weekly market in the remote oasis city of Hotan still has the atmosphere of the old Silk Road.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Margaret's Grocery and Market
A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Ax-Man Surplus
The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.
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Inside Togo's Thriving Voodoo Fetish Market
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Central Market
The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.
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