This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

The birthplace of most all of Europe's space missions is here on the Dutch coast.

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

Tucked away in the Leiden city hall are a group of works by famed artist MC Escher.

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

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

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

Mosaics created from 11 million cigar bands.

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.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

The place where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

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

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

The history and future of cannabis.