Mosaics created from 11 million cigar bands.

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.

An ingenious Dutch land art project uses grass ridges to cut airport noise pollution in half.

A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

The place where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy.

This 1920s Amsterdam neighborhood was built as a giant experiment in concrete construction.

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

Debatably clever, or just plain honest hotel advertised as "The Worst Hotel in the World."

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

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

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

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

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

The spectacular history of spectacles on display.

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.