A radio telescope for listening to the stars, based in one of the cloudiest countries in the world.

The Rozenberg wind wall in South Holland makes for smooth sailing through the Calandbrug canal.

This stately council chamber hasn't changed since 1545.

A massive stone fox oversees a Rotterdam elementary school crosswalk.

A nearly 25-foot concrete sculpture of Sylvette, Picasso's muse.

This towering church is home to a world-famous organ and a treasure trove of medieval art.

This massive collection of taxidermy is full of specimens collected by missionaries during their international travels.

This steel frame is a skeletal mirage of a lost 16th-century stone building.

This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.

A bizarre form of natural mummification was discovered in the church of this Frisian village.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

This neighborhood of futuristic ball houses looks like an alien settlement in a science fiction film.

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

A grassy pyramid named after a French battle.

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

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

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.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.