A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

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

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

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

This historic stone gate tower is now just a lonely relic in the middle of a swamp.

This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

The man who introduced reinforced concrete to the world demonstrated its genius by using it to build his own house.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.