An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

New York's oldest magic store.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.