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

The largest flower auction house in the world.

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

A monument hidden in the woods built in 1938 as a getaway for a Dutch museum curator.

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

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

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

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

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

Survival capsules find a second life as a unique hotel.

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

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.

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

Rich with fauna and flora, nature-lovers can walk across the sea at this UNESCO World Heritage spot.

Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 70 species of monkeys roam free alongside their human visitors.

This miniature take on the Kremlin is one Dutch man's retirement project.

A historic observatory now an astronomy museum beautifully situated at the moat of the Middle Age city centre.

A true Valhalla for cactus and succulent lovers.

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

Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.

The ruins of this Dutch castle sit atop a labyrinth of once-secret tunnels and passageways, dating back over 900 years.