Essen, Germany
Zollverein
The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.
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Essen, Germany
The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.
Duisburg, Germany
This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 35 species live and some of them roam free alongside their human visitors.
Radio Kootwijk, Netherlands
This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.
Otterlo, Netherlands
Located inside Hoge Veluwe National Park, this museum began as the private collection of a prominent female art collector.
Tilburg, Netherlands
What looks like an ordinary house from the outside is actually a rotating sculpture.
Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands
This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.
Soest, Netherlands
This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.
Bourtange, Netherlands
This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.
Zwiggelte, Netherlands
A radio telescope for listening to the stars, based in one of the cloudiest countries in the world.
Giethoorn, Netherlands
This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.
Kampen, Netherlands
This stately council chamber hasn't changed since 1545.
Harderwijk, Netherlands
While most bridges allow roads to pass over water, this one allows water to pass over a road.
Den Burg, Netherlands
Rich with fauna and flora, nature-lovers can walk across the sea at this UNESCO World Heritage spot.
Remouchamps, Belgium
Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Four giant movable street lights decorate this modern Rotterdam square.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this Santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.
The Hague, Netherlands
Lumps of significant stone from around the world surround a flaming monument for peace.
The Hague, Netherlands
The location of the world's first telescope demonstration.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.
Älvdalen S, Sweden
Believed to be the country's tallest waterfall, the Njupeskär is actually much smaller.
Säve, Sweden
This declassified Cold War bunker hosts a large collection of Swedish aircraft.
Billund, Denmark
The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.
Billund, Denmark
An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.