Places brunisab Wants to Go

This disused boat elevator was saved from the scrap heap so that visitors could tour its rusting skeleton.

The tomb of a hard traveling saint is constantly covered in shoes as offerings to heal disabled youth.

A place of meditation and prayer, the grotto is a replica of the one in Lourdes, built in gratitude for the healing of a seminary priest. This is the first pilgrimage to take place on August 15 north of the Seine.

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.

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

These rustic holiday homes are made from discarded fishing boat hulls.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

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

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

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

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

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

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

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

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

This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.

Descend into the tunnels to experience the life of a coal miner.

The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.

Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.

Abandoned since 1998, this train station has become an oasis for urban explorers.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.