Ghent, Belgium
Dr. Guislain Museum
A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.
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Ghent, Belgium
A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.
Brussels, Belgium
When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.
Brussels, Belgium
Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.
Heyd, Belgium
A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.
Ypres, Belgium
A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.
Remouchamps, Belgium
Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.
Brussels, Belgium
This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.
Beveren, Belgium
This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.
Genappe, Belgium
A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.
Brussels, Belgium
Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
Heuvelland, Belgium
Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.
Bruges, Belgium
Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.
Borgloon, Belgium
Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
Furth im Wald, Germany
Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.
Metten, Germany
This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.
Regensburg, Germany
The world's first and only museum dedicated to dachshunds.
Munich, Germany
The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Munich, Germany
Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.
St. Thomas am Blasenstein, Austria
In a crypt underneath this church lies a naturally mummified vicar whose story is surrounded by mystery.
Raschala, Austria
A monument marks the site where the famed composer stopped to relieve himself on a long journey. Just one problem: Mozart never went to Raschala.
Malta, Austria
This medieval church in a small Austrian village is home to a 700-year-old Mickey Mouse lookalike.