Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.

This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

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

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

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

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

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

Take a leisurely walk through the park to find the seven giant troll sculptures hidden throughout the park.

This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial.

An early 20th-century sanatorium, long abandoned and now being reclaimed by nature.

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

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

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

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

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

Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”