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Chartres, France

Labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.
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Chartres, France

La Maison Picassiette

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.
Added by mbison
Turnhout, Belgium

National Museum of the Playing Card

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

God's Own Junkyard

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
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London, England

Traffic Light Tree

A student driver's nightmare.
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East Sussex, England

Five Hundred Acre Wood

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.
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Downe, England

Down House

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.
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Tielt-Winge, Belgium

Vlooybergtoren

The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.
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East Sussex, England

Beachy Head

England's most notorious suicide spot.
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The Hague, Netherlands

Celestial Vault

Hidden within a Netherlands crater is a stone bed that lets those who lie in it see the sky as a curved surface.
Added by osoba
Leuven, Belgium

'Snow Whites' of Leuven

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.
Added by duncanchappell
Charleroi, Belgium

Power Plant IM

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.
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Lier, Belgium

The Zimmer Clock Tower and Museum

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.
Added by Mordy
Manningtree, England

A House for Essex

This surreal art house looks like a geometric version of a small chapel.
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Maidstone, England

Maidstone Mummy

This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.
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Binche, Belgium

Carnival of Binche

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

Cook & Book

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.
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Halsteren, Netherlands

Mozesbrug (Moses Bridge)

Invisible bridge parts the waters, invoking biblical images and preserving the ominous feel of an ancient moat.
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Antwerp, Belgium

Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.
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Kent, England

Dog Collar Museum

A showcase of canine neckwear spanning five centuries of doggie fashion and function.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Brussels, Belgium

Museum of Radiology

Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.
Added by AnnaFiddler
Brussels, Belgium

Royal Greenhouses of Laeken

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
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Brussels, Belgium

Le Museé du Jouet (Toys Discovery Museum)

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.
Added by Maya W
Brussels, Belgium

Délirium Café

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