This charming pup is meant to celebrate the youth and stubbornness of the city's students.

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

A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.

Where lovers tie birch branches into long-lived knots.

Built by crowdsourcing, this wooden foot bridge saved a part of Rotterdam that was languishing in wait of city funding.

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

Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.

A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.

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

Scale model of St. Peter's Cathedral (Rome) in the middle of a small Dutch town.

An idyllic hotel that gave its name to a supposed shadow government.

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

A giant floating rubber duck-bunny painted with a different design every year.

This bell tower is the only one of its kind in the Netherlands and was a symbol of prestige.

This 11th-century castle sits so low you can't see it behind the surrounding buildings.

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.

A huge teapot illuminates a home for the elderly.

The world's longest wildlife overpass provides Hilversum's critters with a safe alternative to trying their luck on the roadway.

The works of poetry's biggest names grace the walls of the city of Leiden, all carefully painted by hand.

Science meets wall art to highlight the beauty of famous mathematical equations.

Lombardy poplars planted to imitate the size and shape of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims.

This artificial ring island was built to hold cubic tons of polluted dirt.

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

This Dutch statue is a monument to the fictional shrew who brought doom to the city of Stavoren.