A modern reimagining of a medieval city gate.

These lights mark the area of Rotterdam that was bombed and burned in 1940.

A massive stone fox oversees a Rotterdam elementary school crosswalk.

A strangely curved lamppost stands tall over this avenue in Rotterdam.

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

This small museum located under the famous cube houses, is home to some 30,000 chess pieces.

Elegant marble and old vaults fill this historic Dutch bank turned office space.

Inside this metro station is a section of the city's former medieval fortification.

This unique sculpture proved invaluable when it saved a train from careening off the tracks.

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.

An early 19th-century English style garden hidden in the Rotterdam cityscape.

A true Valhalla for cactus and succulent lovers.

A condensed piece of China floating in a Dutch harbor.

The Netherlands' first car tunnel has an unusually rectangular shape.

This medieval castle was painted pink as part of a now-abandoned children's theme park.

A dream-like maze full of strange art, surreal spaces, and fantasy landscapes to get lost in.

The spectacular history of spectacles on display.

This collection of 20th-century toys is filled with a lifelong personal toy collection brought from the U.S. to Amsterdam.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

Some believe that the artist behind this whimsical statue inserted his own likeness as a way to discreetly flip the bird.

Statues of a fire-breather, a clown, and a whole performing troupe celebrate Luxembourg's creative side.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.