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This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

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

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

Ancient man-made caves underneath small town Belgium.

This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.

This impressive collection of skulls and bones was gathered by an ex-zookeeper who took advantage of a pig plague.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

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

Despite the misleading name, this crumbling palace has been abandoned for decades.

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

This Belgian theme park began as a refuge for bored church children and was closed down when a boy lost an arm.

Nicknamed the "Museum of Horrors," this French anatomical collection has been fascinating visitors for over a century.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

Amöneburg is a town perched on top of a basalt mountain in the middle of an ancient meteor crater.

The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

This tri-part waterfall is a little bit of fairytale beauty in the heart of Luxembourg's Little Switzerland.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

The 14th-century ruins are said to contain healing powers.

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.

The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

Part ski resort, part modern art space, this lodge brings giant metal spiders and bloody doors to the Austrian Alps.

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.