A bizarre form of natural mummification was discovered in the church of this Frisian village.

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

This stately council chamber hasn't changed since 1545.

Invisible bridge parts the waters, invoking biblical images and preserving the ominous feel of an ancient moat.

A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.

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

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

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

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

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

Tucked away in the Leiden city hall are a group of works by famed artist MC Escher.

Graffiti covers the walls of a room where university students through the centuries have waited nervously to defend their theses.

One of the oldest masonic temples in the Netherlands, built in 1757.

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

Hidden within a Netherlands crater is a stone bed that lets those who lie in it see the sky as a curved surface.

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.

Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.

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