These lights mark the area of Rotterdam that was bombed and burned in 1940.

A condensed piece of China floating in a Dutch harbor.

A giant yellow phallus sculpture hidden in the gardens of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

The Netherlands' first car tunnel has an unusually rectangular shape.

This small museum located under the famous cube houses, is home to some 30,000 chess pieces.

Inside this metro station is a section of the city's former medieval fortification.

A nearly 25-foot concrete sculpture of Sylvette, Picasso's muse.

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

The largest collection of handbags in the world, the oldest of which were used to carry Bibles, primarily by men.

The spectacular history of spectacles on display.

The facade of this bank has changed little over the centuries, including its unique welcome sign.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

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

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

A prehistoric geological oddity tucked behind Stockholm's natural history museum.

A 12th-century church with a medieval fresco and an intriguing “Greek runestone.”

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.