The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

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

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

This vast collection of smoking pipes from across the world spans centuries.

The world's largest collection of ships in bottles.

The history of sea-faring refuse and disaster is on cramped display in this Netherlands folk museum.

The birthplace of most all of Europe's space missions is here on the Dutch coast.

Remarkably preserved body discovered in a peat bog.

This medieval castle was painted pink as part of a now-abandoned children's theme park.

This massive collection of taxidermy is full of specimens collected by missionaries during their international travels.

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

A bizarre form of natural mummification was discovered in the church of this Frisian village.

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.

The ruins of a medieval castle that once belonged to one of the most powerful families in the Netherlands.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

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

Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies

This neighborhood of futuristic ball houses looks like an alien settlement in a science fiction film.

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.

Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years worth of shipwreck artifacts.