Places Spyros K Wants to Go

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

The largest collection of handbags in the world, the oldest of which were used to carry Bibles, primarily by men.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.

Relics from as far back as the 16th century are on display in a city known for its playing card industry.

One of Belgium's oldest hospitals saw patients from the 13th to 20th centuries before becoming a museum.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

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

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

A museum celebrating the Canadian forces that liberated Belgium from the Nazis replete with battlefield miniatures and multiple Gardens.

This Belgian palace was long the domain of priests and aristocrats but is now being turned into an art commune.