Leiden, Netherlands
Het Roze Huisje (Pink House)
This 17th-century house has a long and colorful history.
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Leiden, Netherlands
This 17th-century house has a long and colorful history.
Leiden, Netherlands
A massive explosion that leveled hundreds of buildings in the city of Leiden is remembered by a waterside plaque.
Leiden, Netherlands
A plaque hidden in the law faculty at Leiden University honors the first scientist to make liquid helium.
Leiden, Netherlands
Only a few walls remain of the last church the Pilgrims used before they sailed to North America.
Leiden, Netherlands
Science meets wall art to highlight the beauty of famous mathematical equations.
Leiden, Netherlands
One of the Leiden's oldest pubs is also the birthplace of the Heineken star.
Leiden, Netherlands
A memorial commemorating the man whose name became synonymous with taking a picture in the Netherlands.
Leiden, Netherlands
This institution has been serving up some of the best pancakes in the Netherlands for over a century.
Strasbourg, France
A pink sandstone column once used in ancient times to measure one's belly after a night of debauchery.
Sindelfingen, Germany
Power line with pylons on huge concrete bases to prevent terrorist attacks.
Zgornje Gorje, Slovenia
This lush, scenic spot was carved by the turquoise waters of the Radovna.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
A park dedicated to the titular writer filled with references to his work.
Wattens, Austria
Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.
Trieste, Italy
The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.
Trieste, Italy
This Roman monument is surrounded by more recent construction, offering a stark contrast between ancient architecture and the modern urban landscape.
Matavun, Slovenia
This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."
Ljubljana, Slovenia
This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A relic from the Industrial Revolution got a second life as a contemporary performing arts space.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Slovenia's first mosque is a striking mix of Islamic and modernist architecture.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
In between two buildings in Ljubljana, medieval tunnel to nowhere.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Seek out ‘The Devil’s Court’ in this concert venue located in a former monastery run by an order of Teutonic knights.