Places rainablackcat Wants to Go

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

An extensive collection of some of the oldest grave markers in Lithuania.

You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.

A tiny traditional village keeps an ancient method of beekeeping alive.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

This impressive collection of skulls and bones was gathered by an ex-zookeeper who took advantage of a pig plague.

Since its accidental discovery in 1977, this sarcophagus has been described as "the greatest masterpiece of Merovingian sculpture north of the Alps."

A taxus-tree to which Julius Caesar reputedly tied his horse.

In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.

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

This 80-year old mannequin is so lifelike it is believed to be an embalmed corpse.