Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

A collection of maritime artifacts from the world's first volunteer life brigade.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.