Places Loo Wants to Go

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

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

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

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

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

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

The world's largest private telescope collection hides in a secret wing of a Dutch auto museum.

Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

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

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

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

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

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

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