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

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

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

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.

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

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

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

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

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

This historic museum is home to a rare Confederate Chester Gun.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

The only free-standing, vertical sundial in the US was keeping standard time before it was even invented.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Dental instruments from the illustrious history of American dentistry.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.