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Thousands of colorful pirogues showcase ingenious craftsmanship at the largest fishermen port in Nouakchott.

Buy wholesale almost anything imaginable at what may be the world’s largest small-commodities market.

For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

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

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

This massive waterfront market is located at the "gateway to the Amazon."

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Several 12th-century ruins can be found inside this historical market.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

Peruse produce from Senegal, Cameroon, and other West African nations at this sprawling market.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

This "witch's market" is filled with Amazonian herbs, remedies, and the occasional libido-strengthening tincture.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

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

Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.

The plaques around this 19th-century structure recall some rather strange tales.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

The sole surviving medieval street cross in Scarborough.