A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

For over 100 years the most important physicists in the world have autographed this university wall.

The tallest mountain in mainland Netherlands isn't actually very tall.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

In the Netherlands, one of the world's largest private car collections can be found.

An awe-inspiring giant blue whale jaw bone stands in the center of this Dutch island.

This giant wire frame man sculpture is crouched in contemplation.

A giant floating rubber duck-bunny painted with a different design every year.

Remarkably preserved body discovered in a peat bog.

This steel frame is a skeletal mirage of a lost 16th-century stone building.

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

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

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

A preserved building where the dead were once watched for signs of life.

A statue of the second-tallest Dutchman in history.

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