Places Laura Andersen Wants to Go

Watch the local Netherlands birds from inside this giant eco-egg.

The place where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy.

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

The struggle of a small Dutch island against the sea.

Four giant movable street lights decorate this modern Rotterdam square.

The Rozenberg wind wall in South Holland makes for smooth sailing through the Calandbrug canal.

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

The world's largest private telescope collection hides in a secret wing of a Dutch auto museum.

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands is home to a bridge printed out of reinforced concrete.

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

A strangely curved lamppost stands tall over this avenue in Rotterdam.

Elegant marble and old vaults fill this historic Dutch bank turned office space.

This small museum located under the famous cube houses, is home to some 30,000 chess pieces.

This stately council chamber hasn't changed since 1545.

This giant wire frame man sculpture is crouched in contemplation.

An impressive array of unique homemade planetariums.

Inside this metro station is a section of the city's former medieval fortification.

Scale model of St. Peter's Cathedral (Rome) in the middle of a small Dutch town.

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

One of the oldest masonic temples in the Netherlands, built in 1757.

Nestled in the woods lies this land art project: a hybrid between park, maze and natural monument.

An awe-inspiring giant blue whale jaw bone stands in the center of this Dutch island.

One of the Leiden's oldest pubs is also the birthplace of the Heineken star.