Places Lillive Wants to Go

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

The remains of this castle, known as the Witch’s Eye, watch over the Thur Valley.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.

The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

Nicolas Schöffer's massive interactive sculpture was assembled in 1961 and brought back online in 2016.

This Belgian observatory bears a striking resemblance to Futurama's Planet Express building.

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

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

Elegant marble and old vaults fill this historic Dutch bank turned office space.

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

A bridge that has seen many reiterations over its lifetime.

An early 19th-century English style garden hidden in the Rotterdam cityscape.

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.

A nuclear reactor created for Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" campaign is now used for research at a Dutch university.

Now a museum, this building was once a 14th-century monastery and the place where the founder of the Dutch nation lived and was assassinated.

The Rozenberg wind wall in South Holland makes for smooth sailing through the Calandbrug canal.

This unique sculpture proved invaluable when it saved a train from careening off the tracks.

Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.