Copenhagen, Denmark
Agnete and the Merman
Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.
Billund, Denmark
An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.
Borre, Denmark
A natural wonder in south Denmark.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.
Ishøj, Denmark
Six beautiful wooden giants are hidden around Copenhagen.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.
Herentals, Belgium
This impressive collection of skulls and bones was gathered by an ex-zookeeper who took advantage of a pig plague.
Charleroi, Belgium
The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.
Heuvelland, Belgium
This old, abandoned hotel offers magnificent views.
Tervuren, Belgium
A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.
Vleteren, Belgium
Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.
Kemzeke, Belgium
A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.
Ostend, Belgium
The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.
Binche, Belgium
The tiny Belgian town's ancient version of Mardi Gras involves eerie wax masks, sticks for warding off evil, and ostrich plume hats.
Mons, Belgium
A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.
Brussels, Belgium
A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.
Heuvelland, Belgium
A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.
Bruges, Belgium
Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.
Bassenge, Belgium
This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.
Heyd, Belgium
A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.
Stekene, Belgium
Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.
Liège, Belgium
This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
Enkhuizen, Netherlands
The world's largest collection of ships in bottles.