Places nowickid Wants to Go

Sculpture designed by Turkish artist and professor Mehmet Ali Uysal.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

This collection of lurid religious statues tell the tales of a saint who stood down the devil.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

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

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

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

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

This charming, medieval walled village is Spain's first "book town."

A network of hundreds of interconnected wineries in caves hides under the town center.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.