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

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

“And the Lord said unto Johan, build for thee an ark for the end of the world is approaching.”

A statue of the second-tallest Dutchman in history.

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

This imposing tower named after the mythical sword of King Arthur is considered the tallest freestanding climbing wall in the world.

A Netherlands hotel where you can sleep inside a wine barrel.

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

A monument hidden in the woods built in 1938 as a getaway for a Dutch museum curator.

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

Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies

Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.

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

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.

Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years worth of shipwreck artifacts.

A late-medieval Dutch castle with trick fountains in its whimsical water gardens.

A dream-like maze full of strange art, surreal spaces, and fantasy landscapes to get lost in.

A collection of biblical memorabilia.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 70 species of monkeys roam free alongside their human visitors.

A historic observatory now an astronomy museum beautifully situated at the moat of the Middle Age city centre.

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