This stately council chamber hasn't changed since 1545.

The struggle of a small Dutch island against the sea.

An ancient Egyptian temple sits within a modern European museum.

Scale model of St. Peter's Cathedral (Rome) in the middle of a small Dutch town.

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

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

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.

Lombardy poplars planted to imitate the size and shape of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims.

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

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

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

A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.

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

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

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

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

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

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

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.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.