A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

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.

The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.

WWII artifacts, including the building itself.

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.

One of the oldest amusement rides in existence was a huge disappointment to its creator.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

A giant gleaming memorial named for a coal miner who gave his life to the pits.