Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.

This windmill has been grinding pigments for traditional paints for more than 200 years.

Above the heads of passersby stands a small statue commemorating soldiers from the Boer War.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

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

In 1988, jazz legend Chet Baker fell to his death from a window of this hotel facing Amsterdam Centraal.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

Where royalty waits in the height of luxury.

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

The world’s oldest baseball field had to fight to earn its record.

The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

A 700-year-old drinking fountain turned charity for the less fortunate of Zurich.

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.