A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.