Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

Stained-glass windows inspired by Vincent van Gogh's paintings decorate this church in the town where the artist's career began.

A large measuring stick marks the lowest point of a country that is partially under sea level.

Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

This charming pup is meant to celebrate the youth and stubbornness of the city's students.

Repurposed space and ultra-modern construction collide to create this geometric wooden spectacle.

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.

A true Valhalla for cactus and succulent lovers.

A long-closed church turned into a saintly skate park.

The largest collection of handbags in the world, the oldest of which were used to carry Bibles, primarily by men.

A plaque hidden in the law faculty at Leiden University honors the first scientist to make liquid helium.

The house of physicists Paul Ehrenfest was also a temporary dwelling and study for his good friend Albert Einstein.

The portrait of a man from Japan who sent weekly letters to a Dutch hotel he never visited.

While most bridges allow roads to pass over water, this one allows water to pass over a road.

This early 19th-century graveyard is the final resting place of Vincent van Gogh's mother.

An enormous Polaroid picture adds an artistic flair to Rotterdam.

The nerve center of a massive, state-of-the art radio telescope that sprawls across Western Europe.

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.