Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

A striking memorial to the Jews of Leiden who were murdered during World War II is scattered throughout the city.

This massive mural by famed pop-artist Keith Haring was hidden for almost 30 years until its 2018 rediscovery.

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.

A huge teapot illuminates a home for the elderly.

Now a museum, this building was once a 14th-century monastery and the place where the founder of the Dutch nation lived and was assassinated.

People have been placing babies on these lilies for photoshoots since the Victorian era.

A strangely curved lamppost stands tall over this avenue in Rotterdam.

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

This stately council chamber hasn't changed since 1545.

An awe-inspiring giant blue whale jaw bone stands in the center of this Dutch island.

Dutch woodpile home in the forest.

A giant floating rubber duck-bunny painted with a different design every year.

Building Men of War and Indiamen from Holland's Golden Age.

The struggle of a small Dutch island against the sea.

This giant wire frame man sculpture is crouched in contemplation.

This historic Dutch newspaper building is covered with media-themed details—and one unrelated oddity.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

This towering church is home to a world-famous organ and a treasure trove of medieval art.

Hop aboard a charming bog train to explore this rare open-air museum of peat.

Scale model of St. Peter's Cathedral (Rome) in the middle of a small Dutch town.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this Santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

Where lovers tie birch branches into long-lived knots.