This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

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America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.