Places hanssterkendries Wants to Go

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

A unique opportunity to stay the night in retrofitted sections of sewer pipe.

This impressive collection of skulls and bones was gathered by an ex-zookeeper who took advantage of a pig plague.

Museum covers every step of the chocolate-making process, from cultivation to the finished product.

Sculpture designed by Turkish artist and professor Mehmet Ali Uysal.

Walk or bike along a narrow strip of Belgium sandwiched by German territory.

Visitors to this Belgium graveyard are greeted by the grieving stone parents of the young men lost to war.

A gender-bending antihero's grave, where lies the inspiration for both book and film.

One of Belgium's oldest hospitals saw patients from the 13th to 20th centuries before becoming a museum.

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

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

This old, abandoned hotel offers magnificent views.

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

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

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

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

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.