Places hegnerapril Wants to Go

One artist's collection of homemade handicrafts doubles as a monument to 20th-century material culture.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

Bits of flat terrain surrounded by cliffs make one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Azores.

On the cliffs of São Jorge in the Azores stand the remains of a lighthouse that was struck by a series of earthquakes.

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

A rare tour of an aristocrat's private home reveals valuable 17th-century paintings from artists like Rembrandt.

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

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

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

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

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.

A unique work of automotive art calls this shopping center home.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

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

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.