One of several Lilliputian portals that are ready to transport passengers to other dimensions, if they can find them.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

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

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

This massive mural by famed pop-artist Keith Haring was hidden for almost 30 years until its 2018 rediscovery.

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

This 1920s Amsterdam neighborhood was built as a giant experiment in concrete construction.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

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

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

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

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

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

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.