Bathed in red neon light, hundreds of prostitutes ply their trade from behind windows in the narrow canalside streets of Amsterdam – and that's how they want it to stay. The Dutch capital's first ...

The city labeled it a restricted area. Residents called it "that side of town." The section had been rezoned as a red light district where prostitution, saloons and general debauchery were legal. Why?

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When you think of the American West in the late 1800s and early 1900s, a set of iconic symbols ...