Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

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

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

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

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

Originally built to monitor fishing, this Victorian tower now educates visitors about the local salmon industry.

This recipe is set in stone.

One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

After a traumatic encounter with a six-foot eel, one Galway baker started making a daily loaf of sourdough in its shape.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.