This Belgian theme park began as a refuge for bored church children and was closed down when a boy lost an arm.

Six turbines towering over a wide road for passersby.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.

Site of the 1889 murder-suicide of crown prince Rudolf and his lover Mary Vetsera.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.