Places brendanslevin Wants to Go

This vast collection of smoking pipes from across the world spans centuries.

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

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Discover what life is like on Amsterdam’s famous canals.

The mirrored section takes the shape of Hebrew characters when viewed from above.

A rare tour of an aristocrat's private home reveals valuable 17th-century paintings from artists like Rembrandt.

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

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

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

A unique work of automotive art calls this shopping center home.

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

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

This old KLM airplane cut into three parts was transformed into an eclectic airport gift shop.

A uniquely preserved neo-Gothic church that is now home to a collection of art and woodcarvings.

Visitors can still take a train to this former train station turned museum.

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.

This camera store in Milan holds one of Europe’s largest collections of luxury-antique cameras.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

A statue commemorating a beloved stray dog who was adopted by the entire neighborhood where he lived.

An old, deep well, connected with a miraculous, divine rescue and the patron saint of Madrid.