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

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

The portrait of a man from Japan who sent weekly letters to a Dutch hotel he never visited.

Made of 41,900 pieces of mosaic, it took two years to piece together this giant egg.

Mosaics created from 11 million cigar bands.

A 1:20 scale piece of the Netherlands commissioned by a queen lets visitors take a stroll as giants.

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

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

This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.

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

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

Inspired by "The Starry Night" this Dutch bike path turns into a glowing work of art each night.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

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

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

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

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."