Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

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

This tiny tropical village was sick of anonymity so the locals made this sign, which actually changed the name of the town.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

An enormous Polaroid picture adds an artistic flair to Rotterdam.

Four giant movable street lights decorate this modern Rotterdam square.

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

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

A modern reimagining of a medieval city gate.

A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.

Built by crowdsourcing, this wooden foot bridge saved a part of Rotterdam that was languishing in wait of city funding.

A statue of the second-tallest Dutchman in history.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.