Places annikaa Wants to Go

An idyllic hotel that gave its name to a supposed shadow government.

A large measuring stick marks the lowest point of a country that is partially under sea level.

Widely advertised as Amsterdam’s narrowest street, this passage was once a highlight of the Red Light District before its windows closed.

One of the largest burial mounds in the Netherlands and Belgium.

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

The history of sea-faring refuse and disaster is on cramped display in this Netherlands folk museum.

This former hydraulic laboratory is now a woodland dotted with old engineering models.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

A line number in Amsterdam that will likely never be used again due to its tragic history.

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

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

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

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

A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

A monument hidden in the woods built in 1938 as a getaway for a Dutch museum curator.

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.

This colorfully-painted tunnel links two distinct parts of a historic neighborhood.

The world's first floating farm is staffed by one human, three robots, and 35 cows.

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

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

Tucked away in the Leiden city hall are a group of works by famed artist MC Escher.

Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years' worth of shipwreck artifacts.

Survival capsules find a second life as a unique hotel.