KINDERDIJK, Netherlands — The windmills at Kinderdijk were built in the mid- 1700s as a way to clear water from the low-lying landscape of the western Netherlands. Sometime in the 1950s, the millers ...

The Netherlands is famous for its iconic windmills, which are an inseparable part of the country's cultural heritage ...

The Kinderdijk Windmills, Colonies of Benevolence, Beemster Polder and Van Nelle Factory. Christine gets curious about UNESCO sites in the Netherlands. At the Kinderdijk Windmills, she shares how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When dreaming of the Netherlands, most conjure up images of rustic windmills towering over tranquil canals on the water's edge.

In October, my wife, Cris, and I embarked on a Rhine River cruise. We traveled by riverboat through 68 locks on the Rhine, Mainz and Danube rivers from Amsterdam to Budapest. These windmills are near ...