Places obstakel Wants to Go

A giant yellow phallus sculpture hidden in the gardens of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

The struggle of a small Dutch island against the sea.

This unique sculpture proved invaluable when it saved a train from careening off the tracks.

A radio telescope for listening to the stars, based in one of the cloudiest countries in the world.

Now a museum, this building was once a 14th-century monastery and the place where the founder of the Dutch nation lived and was assassinated.

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

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

Widely advertised as Amsterdam’s narrowest street, this passage was once a highlight of the Red Light District before its windows closed.

A lecture hall sink once used by Einstein and other noted physicists is now regarded as a strange science relic.

This plaque marks the former home of one of the first women physicians in the Netherlands.

A tiny house showcases the busy life of a local gnome.

This stately council chamber hasn't changed since 1545.

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

Organisms normally seen under a microscope decorate this church.

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

Four giant movable street lights decorate this modern Rotterdam square.

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

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

These public toilets also provide entertainment for visitors to Amsterdam’s Red Light District.

Stained-glass windows inspired by Vincent van Gogh's paintings decorate this church in the town where the artist's career began.

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

The world's largest collection of ships in bottles.

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

This public library and its impressive collection of academic books have not changed since the 17th century.