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

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

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

This basilica is dedicated to two saints, one of which is known more for his famous quote.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

This seaside sanctuary was once one of the most important religious sites for women in ancient Greece.

Dad jokes and wordplay abound in this comic fake cemetery.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

Known as the "Stairway to Heaven," this historic canal dates back to the 1700s.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.

This mysterious medieval grotto holds a grid of sacred wells of unknown purpose.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

A rooftop restaurant hides in plain sight atop Vienna's Palace of Justice.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.