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

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

This small museum is dedicated to telling the 4,000-year story of Palestinian history, culture, and resistance.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

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

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.

The district's only illusionarium supports free writing programs for local students with every purchase.

The oldest soda fountain in St. Louis has been serving up treats for more than a century.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

Atop this media building, two hives containing more than 30,000 bees keep the surrounding area vibrant.

A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.