This old, abandoned hotel offers magnificent views.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

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

This bike path traverses the treetops.

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

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

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

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

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

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

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.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

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

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