Places aemem Wants to Go

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

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

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

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

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

Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

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

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.