Places cabehrens Wants to Go

This 12th century, partially destroyed, abbey has had several owners and was seized during the French Revolution.

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

Deep in the limestone cliffs of the Alabaster Coast, a German fortress built during World War II.

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

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

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.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

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

Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

From motorcycles to firetrucks and sports cars to horse-drawn carriages, this Belgian collection goes beyond rare cars.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

The former home and studio of Belgian artist Antoine Wiertz is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

A hidden museum focusing on the sexual aspects of anthropology.

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

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.

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