Places chloesp02 Wants to Go

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

A hidden museum focusing on the sexual aspects of anthropology.

This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

These ancient ruins include a stadium dating back to 400 BC.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

This Croatian island is for sale but no one is buying due to the dozens of accused Nazi sympathizers who were massacred there after WWII.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.