Amsterdam, Netherlands
Our Lord in the Attic
The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cat art as far as the eye can see.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum preserving torture methods from the past.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Copenhagen, Denmark
A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.
Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.
Glasgow, Scotland
This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.
Glasgow, Scotland
The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
Zurich, Switzerland
One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.
Manchester, England
A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.