The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

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

Relics from as far back as the 16th century are on display in a city known for its playing card industry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

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

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

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

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

A rare set of strings by famed instrument maker Antonio Stradivarius is on display in the Royal Palace.