Places Tom Peeters Wants to Go

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

A museum dedicated to the former country.

Tucked in an urban forest, this restaurant specializes in homemade, healing rakijas.

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.

No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.

This free museum is building a collection of books that are banned, censored or burnt around the world.

The private train station King Leopold II built for the Belgian royal family now lies abandoned.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

The rocky remains of an ancient Greek forest.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

A mud volcano in Indonesia spews out 50,000 cubic meters of mud every day.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

The birthplace of the titular coat and related products celebrates its claim to fame with a statue of a coat.

Walk or bike along a narrow strip of Belgium sandwiched by German territory.

The tiny Belgian town's ancient version of Mardi Gras involves eerie wax masks, sticks for warding off evil, and ostrich plume hats.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

This small window display is dedicated to the noble carrot.

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