This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

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

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

This collection of 20th-century toys is filled with a lifelong personal toy collection brought from the U.S. to Amsterdam.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

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

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

Tucked in the back of a flower shop, its collection details the fascinating history of the Netherlands's iconic symbol.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

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

A unique collection of gilded age mechanical pianos.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.