A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.

An undulating wicker beast looms peacefully atop a sand dune in Belgium.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.

Descend into the tunnels to experience the life of a coal miner.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

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

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

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.

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

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

Digger attempting to hide itself under 300 tons of rubble.

An Elvis superfan built Denmark's own version of Graceland.

This World War II airfield enjoys a second life as a public park.