The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

This heavily worn bas-relief was once an honored fertility symbol.

This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.

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

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

Hidden along this old street in Antwerp is a surreal monument of a bronze arm sprouting four hands.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

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

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

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

A bronze statue of the fictional character nicknamed "Mrs. Hat" from a beloved Belgian comedy.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

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

The oldest statue in the Netherlands has survived relocation, bombardment, and burial.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.