The location of the world's first telescope demonstration.

The Netherlands' first car tunnel has an unusually rectangular shape.

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.

The portrait of a man from Japan who sent weekly letters to a Dutch hotel he never visited.

Made of 41,900 pieces of mosaic, it took two years to piece together this giant egg.

Mosaics created from 11 million cigar bands.

A 1:20 scale piece of the Netherlands commissioned by a queen lets visitors take a stroll as giants.

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

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.

A bizarre form of natural mummification was discovered in the church of this Frisian village.

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

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

Inspired by "The Starry Night" this Dutch bike path turns into a glowing work of art each night.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.