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A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

A taxus-tree to which Julius Caesar reputedly tied his horse.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

Visitors to this Belgium graveyard are greeted by the grieving stone parents of the young men lost to war.

A garden of flying flowers.

The largest flower auction house in the world.

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.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

A nomadic museum known for its art exhibitions about religion and faith.

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

The spectacular history of spectacles on display.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

The place where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy.

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

Mosaics created from 11 million cigar bands.

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