This early 19th-century graveyard is the final resting place of Vincent van Gogh's mother.

The tallest mountain in mainland Netherlands isn't actually very tall.

The location of the world's first telescope demonstration.

This 11th-century castle sits so low you can't see it behind the surrounding buildings.

Lumps of significant stone from around the world surround a flaming monument for peace.

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

The works of poetry's biggest names grace the walls of the city of Leiden, all carefully painted by hand.

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

Science meets wall art to highlight the beauty of famous mathematical equations.

A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.

Devious political maneuvering and four ancient, working telescopes are central to the world's second-oldest observatory.

The world's first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.

A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

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.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

This tower is all that remains of the mosque that once stood in the center of the city, before it was destroyed by fire in 1941.

On top of a hill, this Catholic church overlooks the most Catholic island in Greece.

This ancient structure appears Roman, but was constructed during the 16th century and was utilized until 1911.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.