Places madveek Wants to Go

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.