A tiny house showcases the busy life of a local gnome.

This early 19th-century graveyard is the final resting place of Vincent van Gogh's mother.

An unassuming rod in the Netherlands was once the old standard unit of length for the entire Dutch empire.

A trio of red, white, and blue stones embedded in the streets of Leiden are markers of medieval territory and law.

One of the great math minds of the 17th century is underfoot in this 900 year old Dutch church.

A 14th-century church holds a unique monument to a German mathematician who dedicated his life to calculating the value of pi.

A plaque hidden in the law faculty at Leiden University honors the first scientist to make liquid helium.

A massive explosion that leveled hundreds of buildings in the city of Leiden is remembered by a waterside plaque.

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

An ancient Egyptian temple sits within a modern European museum.

Only a few walls remain of the last church the Pilgrims used before they sailed to North America.

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

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

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

A memorial commemorating the man whose name became synonymous with taking a picture in the Netherlands.

The world's first transgenic bovine has been preserved at the museum where he spent his final years—though his old stable is now a cafe.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

This old KLM airplane cut into three parts was transformed into an eclectic airport gift shop.

Once the center of power for the region's various factories.

This mysterious sign claims an American astronomer haunts the building—but is it true?

The extra platform at Gloucester Road has been used for art displays for over 25 years.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

A wonderfully preserved example of London's 1960s-style high-density, low-rise public housing.

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.