Places fkirk10 Wants to Go

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

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

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

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

This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.

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

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

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

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

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

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

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

You would never come across this tiny green oasis if you didn't know it existed.