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

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

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

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

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

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

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

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

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

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

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

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

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

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

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

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

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

This strange statue features a bust of the famous composer plopped atop a woman's body.