Places whitneyn Wants to Go

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

The home-turned-museum of Barış Manço, the mustachioed Turkish Elvis for children.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.

This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.

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

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

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

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.

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

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

An ancient stone wall formed by lava that was a frequent stop during funeral marches.

A famous pilgrimage site that remains hidden in the midst of a city.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

This heart-shaped island looks substantially less lovely after a recent bulldozing project.