A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.

An early 19th-century English style garden hidden in the Rotterdam cityscape.

The birthplace of most all of Europe's space missions is here on the Dutch coast.

Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies

Devious political maneuvering and four ancient, working telescopes are central to the world's second-oldest observatory.

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

A late-medieval Dutch castle with trick fountains in its whimsical water gardens.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

A historic observatory now an astronomy museum beautifully situated at the moat of the Middle Age city centre.

Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

Inspired by "The Starry Night" this Dutch bike path turns into a glowing work of art each night.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

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