Places Kris McCracken Wants to Go

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

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

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

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

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

This bike path traverses the treetops.

The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.

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

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

One of the deepest indoor swimming pools in the world.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

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

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

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

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

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.