This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

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

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.