An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

The world’s largest street art museum.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

The history and future of cannabis.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.