This giant wire frame man sculpture is crouched in contemplation.

A true Valhalla for cactus and succulent lovers.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

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

A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.

People have been placing babies on these lilies for photoshoots since the Victorian era.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

This 11th-century castle sits so low you can't see it behind the surrounding buildings.

For over 100 years the most important physicists in the world have autographed this university wall.

Once the world's biggest telescope, it was later used as a coat hanger by a famous Dutch astronomer.

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

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

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

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

Rejoice at Amsterdam's ‘pop temple,’ a former church reborn as a raucous music venue.

The first crematorium in the Netherlands.

The ruins of a medieval castle that once belonged to one of the most powerful families in the Netherlands.

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

This towering church is home to a world-famous organ and a treasure trove of medieval art.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.