This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

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

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

A 19th-century British industrialist built this Louis XIII–inspired chateau for his homesick French wife.

This windmill is believed to be the oldest in the British Isles.

This incredible collection contains rare steam-powered engines, rides, and trains.

A wonderful safe haven founded in the 1960s to rescue endangered monkeys from the pet trade.

This ancient castle has been abandoned since the Edwardian conquest of Wales.

A locomotive that was captured as a prisoner of war is now recognized as a WWII memorial.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

Following years of secrecy, the hidden history of a World War II site is being brought to light.

An ornate aviary built during the Victorian trend of collecting exotic birds.

This aircraft museum is home to one of just three Halifax bombers in the world.

The luxurious English estate houses the world’s largest private collection of French Rothschild wines.

The adorable animals return to this nature reserve every fall to give birth to their pups.

Led Zeppelin wrote some of their most iconic songs at this little 18th-century Welsh cottage.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.