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

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

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

Tucked in the back of a flower shop, its collection details the fascinating history of the Netherlands's iconic symbol.

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

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

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

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

Like Mars, but much closer.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

One artist's collection of homemade handicrafts doubles as a monument to 20th-century material culture.

These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

Europe's largest collection of matchbox designs is a fascinating exploration of the cultural history of the world.

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.