Places Jonny Halifax Wants to Go

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

This poignant tribute to the White Rose movement showcases artifacts related to the heroic anti-Nazi struggle.

The unusually large seat sits atop the base of a ruined temple.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

Underneath a chalk hill in France lies what Hitler hoped would be the underground launching base for a devastating new weapon.

A ghostly and forgotten art deco bathhouse by the windy shore of Dunkirk, weathered but still standing.

A neighborhood with Art Deco architecture as eccentric as its history.

The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.

Formerly a munitions depot and World War II POW camp, now a nature reserve.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

The private train station King Leopold II built for the Belgian royal family now lies abandoned.

The cave of a 12th-century hermit is still visited and venerated today.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.