Places ashley8918 Wants to Go

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.

Known as "The Spewer," this bizarre fountain has an even stranger urban legend behind it.

Belgium’s famous peeing statue has worn many hats (and coats, and pants), which are on display at this small museum.

This museum is housed in an unassuming building that witnessed one of the most daring feats of satire in modern history.

This non-profit theatre in the heart of Brussels is dedicated to hosting independent films.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

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

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

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

Rejoice at Amsterdam's ‘pop temple,’ a former church reborn as a raucous music venue.

This bronze statue of Martin Luther King was placed in the park without permission.

Debatably clever, or just plain honest hotel advertised as "The Worst Hotel in the World."

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.