This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

This 1920s Amsterdam neighborhood was built as a giant experiment in concrete construction.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.

A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

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

A line number in Amsterdam that will likely never be used again due to its tragic history.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.

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

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

A rare tour of an aristocrat's private home reveals valuable 17th-century paintings from artists like Rembrandt.