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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.

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

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

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.”

A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.

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

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

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

Descend into the tunnels to experience the life of a coal miner.

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.

Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.

This bike path traverses the treetops.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

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 Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

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