Places AliasSeaThinker Wants to Go

An ingenious Dutch land art project uses grass ridges to cut airport noise pollution in half.

This functional solar system model was inspired by the famous Eisinga Planetarium.

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

Hop aboard a charming bog train to explore this rare open-air museum of peat.

'The Letters of Utrecht' lays out a ribbon of poetry one letter at a time, with no final verse in sight.

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

Remarkably preserved body discovered in a peat bog.

Where royalty waits in the height of luxury.

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

Lombardy poplars planted to imitate the size and shape of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims.

This colorfully-painted tunnel links two distinct parts of a historic neighborhood.

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

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

The world's first floating farm is staffed by one human, three robots, and 35 cows.

Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.

Devious political maneuvering and four ancient, working telescopes are central to the world's second-oldest observatory.

Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.

A monument hidden in the woods built in 1938 as a getaway for a Dutch museum curator.

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

Tucked away in the Leiden city hall are a group of works by famed artist MC Escher.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

A late-medieval Dutch castle with trick fountains in its whimsical water gardens.