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The courtyard.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Oost-Indisch Huis

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

Sea Palace

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sea Palace

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

Amsterdam Oersoep.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Oersoep

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

Amsterdam Gable Stones

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Gable Stones

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

The UFO of Inktpot

Utrecht, Netherlands

The UFO of Inktpot

Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.

Giethoorn

Giethoorn, Netherlands

Giethoorn

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

Mid-air view of Bourtange

Bourtange, Netherlands

Fort Bourtange

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

View of the entrance in 2017

Bremen, Germany

Der Lichtbringer (The Bearer of Light)

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

Bells atop Böttcherstraße (Flickr/Eva Freude)

Bremen, Germany

House of the Glockenspiel

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

The Gates of the Herbertstraße.

Hamburg, Germany

Herbertstraße

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Beatles-Platz (Beatles Square)

Hamburg, Germany

Beatles-Platz (Beatles Square)

This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

Der Pudel auf dem Dach (The Poodle on the Roof)

Hamburg, Germany

Der Pudel auf dem Dach (The Poodle on the Roof)

Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.

Tvísöngur

Seydisfjordur, Iceland

Tvísöngur

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

How's it going?

Seydisfjordur, Iceland

'How's It Going?' Phone Booth

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

Vista over Goðafoss

Iceland

Godafoss

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

A mud pot.

Iceland

Námafjall

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

Grjótagjá
Permanently Closed

Iceland

Grjótagjá

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

Akureyri Heart-Shaped Traffic Lights

Akureyri, Iceland

Akureyri Heart-Shaped Traffic Lights

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

Snæfellsjökull under clouds.

Iceland

Snæfellsjökull

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

Murals of Hellissandur

Hellissandur, Iceland

Murals of Hellissandur

Dozens of large, brightly-colored paintings adorn the walls of the "street art capital of Iceland."

The fissure from the outside.

Iceland

Rauðfeldsgjá

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

Þingvellir

Thingvellir, Iceland

Þingvellir

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

Þingvellir Church

Thingvellir, Iceland

Þingvellir Church

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

Hill of Crosses.

Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania

Hill of Crosses

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

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