Rotterdam, Netherlands
Cube Houses
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
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Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Lisse, Netherlands
Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.
Haarlem, Netherlands
The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.
London, England
This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.
London, England
It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.
London, England
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
London, England
This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.
London, England
This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.
London, England
Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.
London, England
Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.
London, England
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
London, England
The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.
London, England
A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
London, England
This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.
London, England
A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.
London, England
The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.