Places paleasfunk Wants to Go

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

A pillar is all that remains of a church built to honor a peculiar miracle.

A museum dedicated to the history of the diamond trade in the Netherlands.

The world’s largest street art museum.

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

Above the heads of passersby stands a small statue commemorating soldiers from the Boer War.

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

In 1988, jazz legend Chet Baker fell to his death from a window of this hotel facing Amsterdam Centraal.

An independent cinema housed in a former pathological anatomy laboratory.

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

The facade of this bank has changed little over the centuries, including its unique welcome sign.

The mirrored section takes the shape of Hebrew characters when viewed from above.

This bronze statue of Martin Luther King was placed in the park without permission.

A unique work of automotive art calls this shopping center home.

This vast collection of smoking pipes from across the world spans centuries.

Debatably clever, or just plain honest hotel advertised as "The Worst Hotel in the World."

Where royalty waits in the height of luxury.

This 1920s Amsterdam neighborhood was built as a giant experiment in concrete construction.

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.