Places thelonesomeroad Wants to Go

This traditional festival celebrates a family of wooden giants that have survived Nazis, wars, and religion.

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

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

This annual Belgian water race attracts bathtub captains from all over the world.

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

A 141-foot wave of crashing lumber guards the entrance to the Grand Place in Mons.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

The tiny Belgian town's ancient version of Mardi Gras involves eerie wax masks, sticks for warding off evil, and ostrich plume hats.

A gender-bending antihero's grave, where lies the inspiration for both book and film.

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

The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.

This German art chapel is perfect for those who like their worship hard, modern, and utterly alien.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

Sculpture designed by Turkish artist and professor Mehmet Ali Uysal.

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

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

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

Ancient man-made caves underneath small town Belgium.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

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

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.

An awe-inspiring giant blue whale jaw bone stands in the center of this Dutch island.