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A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

The history and future of cannabis.

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

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

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

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

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

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

One of the deepest indoor swimming pools in the world.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.

This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.