This steel frame is a skeletal mirage of a lost 16th-century stone building.

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

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

Devious political maneuvering and four ancient, working telescopes are central to the world's second-oldest observatory.

This neighborhood of futuristic ball houses looks like an alien settlement in a science fiction film.

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.

Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years worth of shipwreck artifacts.

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

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.

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

An overgrown and largely forgotten cemetery lies hidden within the outskirts of Amsterdam.

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

Invisible bridge parts the waters, invoking biblical images and preserving the ominous feel of an ancient moat.

Inspired by "The Starry Night" this Dutch bike path turns into a glowing work of art each night.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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

This bike path traverses the treetops.

Hop aboard a charming bog train to explore this rare open-air museum of peat.

The history of sea-faring refuse and disaster is on cramped display in this Netherlands folk museum.