A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.