Spijkenisse, Netherlands
Book Mountain
Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Spijkenisse, Netherlands
Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This subterranean studio is filled with fascinating kinetic art.
Antwerp, Belgium
The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.
Mons, Belgium
A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.
Brussels, Belgium
Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.
Brussels, Belgium
From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.
Brussels, Belgium
This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
London, England
The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.
London, England
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
Stockholm, Sweden
A concrete Picasso in the middle of a student housing complex on the outskirts of Stockholm.
Konitsa, Greece
One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.
Andros, Greece
Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.
Cervara di Roma, Italy
The second-highest village in Lazio has attracted artists for 400 years and is now a spectacular open-air art gallery.
Venice, Italy
Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.
Stelvio, Italy
One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.
Turin, Italy
When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.
Montecatini Terme, Italy
The bright red cars take travelers through breathtaking Tuscan scenery.
Turin, Italy
Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.
Rome, Italy
An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Fregene, Italy
This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.
Venice, Italy
Venice's island of the dead.