Places mcr42 Wants to Go

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

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

Ruins of two abandoned stations destroyed by the power they sought to harness.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

An unusual monument to a 19th-century circus star.

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

Where lovers tie birch branches into long-lived knots.

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

'The Letters of Utrecht' lays out a ribbon of poetry one letter at a time, with no final verse in sight.

A historic observatory now an astronomy museum beautifully situated at the moat of the Middle Age city centre.

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

For the holidays, the tallest broadcasting tower in the Netherlands turns into one of the world's tallest Christmas trees.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.

This small electronics museum is full of whirring, humming, clicking ephemera.