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

The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.

A massive stone fox oversees a Rotterdam elementary school crosswalk.

A nuclear reactor created for Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" campaign is now used for research at a Dutch university.

From afar it looks like someone's hat blew into the water, but closer inspection reveals a giant floating sculpture.

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

This vast World War II defense line was the site of a fierce battle.

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

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

Four giant movable street lights decorate this modern Rotterdam square.

This artificial ring island was built to hold cubic tons of polluted dirt.

An unassuming rod in the Netherlands was once the old standard unit of length for the entire Dutch empire.

The tallest mountain in mainland Netherlands isn't actually very tall.

Portraits of musicians line Oude Binnenweg, the jazziest street in the city.

While most bridges allow roads to pass over water, this one allows water to pass over a road.

A striking memorial to the Jews of Leiden who were murdered during World War II is scattered throughout the city.

Nestled in the woods lies this land art project: a hybrid between park, maze and natural monument.

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

A rare double mill nestled along the banks of the Aa river.

An enormous Polaroid picture adds an artistic flair to Rotterdam.

A nearly 25-foot concrete sculpture of Sylvette, Picasso's muse.

Building Men of War and Indiamen from Holland's Golden Age.

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

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