Places ruesailmana Wants to Go

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

This monument pays homage to a classic Dutch tune.

The largest collection of the iconic wooden shoe in the world.

Preserving the research tools, unexpected inventions, and odd collections of generations of college professors.

Every winter, this former planetarium is transformed into a massive, brightly-lit Christmas ornament.

The nerve center of a massive, state-of-the art radio telescope that sprawls across Western Europe.

A radio telescope for listening to the stars, based in one of the cloudiest countries in the world.

Repurposed space and ultra-modern construction collide to create this geometric wooden spectacle.

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

This stately council chamber hasn't changed since 1545.

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

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

Lombardy poplars planted to imitate the size and shape of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims.

An impressive array of unique homemade planetariums.

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.

This small electronics museum is full of whirring, humming, clicking ephemera.

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

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

A museum-like shop that has been producing clogs, brushes, and ropes for nearly 200 years.

The world's largest collection of ships in bottles.

This miniature take on the Kremlin is one Dutch man's retirement project.