Places Lillive Wants to Go

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

A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.

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

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

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

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

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

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

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

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

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

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.

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

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

This bike path traverses the treetops.

Artwork tucked within the trees greets visitors with surreal sonic experiences.

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

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