Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

The only bicycle museum in the Netherlands charts the invention of the now-ubiquitous two-wheeled machine.

A family-run botanical garden with tropical plants, artsy sculptures, and eccentric buildings.

This World War II-era bunker hides between medieval chapels in Nijmegen's city center.

A pillar is all that remains of a church built to honor a peculiar miracle.

The world's first transgenic bovine has been preserved at the museum where he spent his final years—though his old stable is now a cafe.

A 14th-century church holds a unique monument to a German mathematician who dedicated his life to calculating the value of pi.

Various sculptures are a rotating exhibit in this small town.

The world's first fish doorbell monitors this water passageway.

The Siege of Naarden ended in 1814, but the cannonballs embedded in the town church remain.

At the base of this tower, a plaque marks the original center point of the Netherlands.

The oldest statue in the Netherlands has survived relocation, bombardment, and burial.

The remnants of a WWI naval mine that once terrorized the country now decorates a street.

A wonderland of oil paintings by a self-taught artist who collaborates with Imagine Dragons—hidden in a 17th-century building near the Rembrandt House.

This diner from 1930s America now resides in a small town in the Netherlands.

One of the largest sandsculpture installations in the world, this exhibit boasts a unique combination of sprawling sand scenes, theological musings, and salvaged shipwrecks.

A solid steel plane designed to catch fire over and over again.

This 17th-century house has a long and colorful history.

This windmill has been grinding pigments for traditional paints for more than 200 years.

This museum features over 100 playable pinball machines, some dating back to the 1850s.

The largest collection of the iconic wooden shoe in the world.

This may be the world's only drive-through windmill.

This Dutch statue is a monument to the fictional shrew who brought doom to the city of Stavoren.

A massive explosion that leveled hundreds of buildings in the city of Leiden is remembered by a waterside plaque.

This Dutch windmill has its roots in an American invention.