The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

A collection of throne-inspired sculptures dot the landscape of Wincobank.

The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

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

Where lovers tie birch branches into long-lived knots.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This imposing tower named after the mythical sword of King Arthur is considered the tallest freestanding climbing wall in the world.

This massive collection of taxidermy is full of specimens collected by missionaries during their international travels.

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

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.

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

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

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

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

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

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

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

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.