Places chrishawton Wants to Go

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

Horsemen once used this tilting post during jousting practice.

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

Now a museum, this building was once a 14th-century monastery and the place where the founder of the Dutch nation lived and was assassinated.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

A preserved building where the dead were once watched for signs of life.

Rumored to have been frequented by Vincent van Gogh, it's the only remaining genever producer in the Hague.

The largest 19th century panorama in the world still in-situ.

Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies

Graffiti covers the walls of a room where university students through the centuries have waited nervously to defend their theses.

This public library and its impressive collection of academic books have not changed since the 17th century.

One of the Leiden's oldest pubs is also the birthplace of the Heineken star.

Science meets wall art to highlight the beauty of famous mathematical equations.

This historic Dutch newspaper building is covered with media-themed details—and one unrelated oddity.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

This institution has been serving up some of the best pancakes in the Netherlands for over a century.

This monumental gateway marks the northern edge of Brighton and is a welcome sign to all visitors to the seaside city.

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

A replica of one of the most complete mammoth skeletons discovered in England.

A 13th-century fortified manor house that was once sieged during the English Civil War.

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

An elegant church is home to a remarkably detailed mosaic floor depicting the Garden of Eden.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.