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Vleteren, Belgium

Westvleteren

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.
Sam OBrien Added by Sam OBrien
Ypres, Belgium

The Yorkshire Trench

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Ypres, Belgium

Menin Gate Memorial

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
Added by Sylvester
Ypres, Belgium

Sanctuary Wood Museum

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Konstanz, Germany

Peter-Lenk-Brunnen

Visitors may notice something strange walking through this quaint German town.
genjivevo Added by genjivevo
Nottingham, England

Church Cemetery

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.
Capemarsh Added by Capemarsh
Bruges, Belgium

Halve Maan Brewery Beer Pipeline

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.
rachellyon Added by rachellyon
Bruges, Belgium

Smallest Gothic Window in Bruges

You can spot this teeny tiny stained-glass window from the Bonifacius bridge.
Added by jivie4
Andernach, Germany

Andernach Geyser

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.
Ginter Kappl Added by Ginter Kappl
Bingen, Germany

Stockschleifern

The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.
Added by johndelatorre
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

Ratstrinkstube Clock Tower

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.
e1savage Added by e1savage
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany

Jeweled Skeletons of the Fürstenfeld Abbey

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.
pieofthemonth Added by pieofthemonth
Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Haus zum Goldenen Ochsen (House of the Golden Ox) Oriel

Explore the five senses depicted on this protruding Gothic window.
Kooni Added by Kooni
Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany

World's Largest Cuckoo Clock

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.
Christine Williamson Added by Christine Williamson
Antwerpen, Belgium

Heksensteen

A curious stone in a public square commemorates the victims of witch-burning.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Koblenz, Germany

Augenroller (Eye Roller)

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.
Added by pauldbentz
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Cube Houses

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
lewblank Added by lewblank
Doorn, Netherlands

Huis Doorn

The elegant manor house where Kaiser Wilhelm II lived in exile after World War I.
Added by thkoster
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Bolwoningen

This neighborhood of futuristic ball houses looks like an alien settlement in a science fiction film.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Ghent, Belgium

The Flashing Streetlights of Ai Nati Oggi

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.
Added by leenvermeire
Ghent, Belgium

Gravensteen

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.
daanphoto24 Added by daanphoto24
Ghent, Belgium

'Jonas'

An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Cornwall, England

St. Nectan's Kieve

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.
Added by looee
Bath, England

Beazer Garden Maze

Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black