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

This vast collection of smoking pipes from across the world spans centuries.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

A rare tour of an aristocrat's private home reveals valuable 17th-century paintings from artists like Rembrandt.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

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

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

This subterranean studio is filled with fascinating kinetic art.

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

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

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

The history and future of cannabis.

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.

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

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

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

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

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.