Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam Oersoep
A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Widely advertised as Amsterdam’s narrowest street, this passage was once a highlight of the Red Light District before its windows closed.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.
Aalsmeer, Netherlands
The largest flower auction house in the world.
Pacifica, California
The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.
San Francisco, California
Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.
Pacifica, California
Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.
San Jose, California
The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.
Palo Alto, California
This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Palo Alto, California
The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.
Mountain View, California
A gathering of green robots at the Googleplex.
San Diego, California
This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.
San Diego, California
San Diego's most historic and haunted home.
San Diego, California
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Los Gatos, California
An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.
Colma, California
The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.
Daly City, California
A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.