Leiden, Netherlands
'Zhdun' (Homunculus Loxodontus)
This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.
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Leiden, Netherlands
This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.
Formerum, Netherlands
Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years' worth of shipwreck artifacts.
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.
Haarlem, Netherlands
The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This collection of 20th-century toys is filled with a lifelong personal toy collection brought from the U.S. to Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.
Edinburgh, Scotland
As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This stately bank building hides a spectacular star-studded ceiling.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.
London, England
A legend says that if this elaborately decorated glass breaks, the good fortune of its owner's household will also disappear.
London, England
An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.
London, England
This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.
London, England
London's first edible insect farm offers facility tours and cooking classes.
London, England
The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.
London, England
This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.
London, England
The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.
London, England
A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.
London, England
A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.
London, England
The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.