Places zamand Wants to Go

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

This colorful creation wasn't always a welcome part of Toronto's Moccasin Trail Park.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.