Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

A rare tour of an aristocrat's private home reveals valuable 17th-century paintings from artists like Rembrandt.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.

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

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

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

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

The world's first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

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.

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

A striking memorial to the Jews of Leiden who were murdered during World War II is scattered throughout the city.

A retail shop has preserved the 17th-century food cellar from the old building it now occupies.

This 11th-century castle sits so low you can't see it behind the surrounding buildings.

Once the world's biggest telescope, it was later used as a coat hanger by a famous Dutch astronomer.

One of the Leiden's oldest pubs is also the birthplace of the Heineken star.

A lecture hall sink once used by Einstein and other noted physicists is now regarded as a strange science relic.

A trio of red, white, and blue stones embedded in the streets of Leiden are markers of medieval territory and law.