Mosaics created from 11 million cigar bands.

An ancient Egyptian temple sits within a modern European museum.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

This medieval castle was painted pink as part of a now-abandoned children's theme park.

The place where houses are born.

Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.

The largest flower auction house in the world.

Tucked in the back of a flower shop, its collection details the fascinating history of the Netherlands's iconic symbol.

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.

A Netherlands hotel where you can sleep inside a wine barrel.

A monument hidden in the woods built in 1938 as a getaway for a Dutch museum curator.

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

Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

Rich with fauna and flora, nature-lovers can walk across the sea at this UNESCO World Heritage spot.

A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.