This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

World's most expensive home.

A gigantic shoe, inspired by a nursery rhyme, sits in a park atop Mumbai’s Malabar Hill.

These animal carvings stand as representations of India and Britain.

Mumbai's angel.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

The oldest alley in San Francisco is paved with a reminder of the city's original shoreline.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

This small interfaith chapel lies not far from the rim of the Grand Canyon.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.