The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.

A 141-foot wave of crashing lumber guards the entrance to the Grand Place in Mons.

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

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

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

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

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

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

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

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

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.

This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.

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

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.

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

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

Artwork tucked within the trees greets visitors with surreal sonic experiences.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.