Places Flaneuse Wants to Go

An impressive bridge over a ravine also served as an aqueduct.

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

A design by master architect Alvar Aalto in a small village in the Apennines near Bologna.

The house of physicists Paul Ehrenfest was also a temporary dwelling and study for his good friend Albert Einstein.

This historic Dutch newspaper building is covered with media-themed details—and one unrelated oddity.

Devious political maneuvering and four ancient, working telescopes are central to the world's second-oldest observatory.

Graffiti covers the walls of a room where university students through the centuries have waited nervously to defend their theses.

An unassuming rod in the Netherlands was once the old standard unit of length for the entire Dutch empire.

Tucked away in the Leiden city hall are a group of works by famed artist MC Escher.

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

The final resting place of one of Germany's most accomplished Renaissance men.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

Belgium’s famous peeing statue has worn many hats (and coats, and pants), which are on display at this small museum.

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

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

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

A bronze statue of the fictional character nicknamed "Mrs. Hat" from a beloved Belgian comedy.

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

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

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