Denbigh, Wales
Denbigh Insane Asylum
The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.
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Denbigh, Wales
The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.
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This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.
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An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
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This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.
Hoenderloo, Netherlands
This small electronics museum is full of whirring, humming, clicking ephemera.
Arnhem, Netherlands
A long-closed church turned into a saintly skate park.
Breda, Netherlands
Enjoy a pint surrounded by Europe’s largest collection of vintage beer advertisements.
Utrecht, Netherlands
Visitors can still take a train to this former train station turned museum.
De Lutte, Netherlands
A bronze statue commemorating the legend of a hellhound haunting the village of De Lutte.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
This museum features over 100 playable pinball machines, some dating back to the 1850s.
Eelde, Netherlands
The largest collection of the iconic wooden shoe in the world.
Haarlem, Netherlands
At this barrel organ museum, history and live concert keep Dutch street organ culture alive.
Zoetermeer, Netherlands
A multi-story, retro videogame time capsule in the Netherlands.
Wageningen, Netherlands
A Dutch museum preserves the world's most diverse collection of vertical slices of soil.
Hilversum, Netherlands
Most complete collection of Gymnosperms in the world.
Helmond, Netherlands
An interactive museum dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the home computer.
Arnhem, Netherlands
This large open-air museum showcases the ordinary lives of the people of the Netherlands and pre-industrial crafts and practices.
Spijkenisse, Netherlands
This unique sculpture proved invaluable when it saved a train from careening off the tracks.
Groningen, Netherlands
Preserving the research tools, unexpected inventions, and odd collections of generations of college professors.
Arnhem, Netherlands
Organisms normally seen under a microscope decorate this church.
Enkhuizen, Netherlands
The world's largest collection of ships in bottles.
Arnhem, Netherlands
A set of beech hedges planted in the 19th century forms a tunnel that takes on a different appearance in every season.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
This small museum located under the famous cube houses, is home to some 30,000 chess pieces.
De Koog, Netherlands
The history of sea-faring refuse and disaster is on cramped display in this Netherlands folk museum.