Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

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

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

Six turbines towering over a wide road for passersby.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

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

Visitors to this Belgium graveyard are greeted by the grieving stone parents of the young men lost to war.

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

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

The foundations of a forgotten fortress, wedged in between two streams.

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

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

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

A pilgrimage site where people ask Saint Dymphna to watch over those who are not of sound mind.

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

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

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

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

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

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

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.