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

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

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

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

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

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."