Places brunisab Wants to Go

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

This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.

The tiny Belgian town's ancient version of Mardi Gras involves eerie wax masks, sticks for warding off evil, and ostrich plume hats.

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

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

This old, abandoned hotel offers magnificent views.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

A museum celebrating the Canadian forces that liberated Belgium from the Nazis replete with battlefield miniatures and multiple Gardens.

Learn about stars, weather patterns, or just enjoy the panoramic view of Ghent.

The private train station King Leopold II built for the Belgian royal family now lies abandoned.

This historic Art Nouveau townhouse was the former home of the son of a famous chemical inventor and industrialist.

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

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

A 600-year-old elm tree with a built-in seat and thatched roof.

The ruins of a castle sat decaying in this park for years before a massive renovation restored this area to its past beauty.

A tiny metropolis resides inside this student housing complex.

Local lore surrounds this unusual stone.

The patron saint of cats founded this stunning Romanesque church in the 7th century.

Two sections of the old dam that made it possible to tame the Meuse in Belgium in the 19th century.

The largest carved family tree in Europe is 135 square meters.

An unassuming hillside that preserved humanity's oldest genetic code

A tilted water tank turned tourist attraction.

The unlikely Art Deco shrine to marbrite, a vanished glass.

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