Places JonAkzar Wants to Go

Underneath a chalk hill in France lies what Hitler hoped would be the underground launching base for a devastating new weapon.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

Several of these strange cone-shaped bunkers can still be seen around the former Nazi headquarters.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

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

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

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

The last Oostende trawler to fish off Iceland is now a museum.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

A piece of the front end of a British cruiser that was used as a block ship in World War I.

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

This former coal mine, now a fascinating museum, was the site of Belgium's worst mining disaster.

The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.

This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.

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

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

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

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