Places carlbeck25 Wants to Go

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

Since 1768, the pillar at Guildhall Market in Bath has been a hub of economic transactions.

All websites claim that the origin of this obelisk is both unknown and mysterious. However, adding a single piece of information solves the mystery entirely.

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

This little patch of Europe remained neutral for more than a century because of a mine.

Freemasonry’s universal creed etched in limestone.

Not many houses move across borders, this one did it twice.

This bunker site once briefly used by Hitler now features locals’ accounts of German occupation.

The original shop where the iconic Belgian praline was invented.

Walk or bike along a narrow strip of Belgium sandwiched by German territory.

A taxus-tree to which Julius Caesar reputedly tied his horse.

This collection of lurid religious statues tell the tales of a saint who stood down the devil.

This Belgian palace was long the domain of priests and aristocrats but is now being turned into an art commune.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.