Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

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.

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

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

This basement museum explores the art and artistry of fascism.

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

The spectacular history of spectacles on display.

The largest collection of handbags in the world, the oldest of which were used to carry Bibles, primarily by men.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

The history and future of cannabis.

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

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

A French museum of wrought iron.

A village of art and exotic creations.

Jean Tinguely's bizarre monster sculpture is hidden deep in a forest.

One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."

Huge Russian Orthodox cemetery in danger of being converted into open public space.

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

Perfume museum and library.

1920's reinforced concrete church by architect Auguste Perret changes the face of modern design.