A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

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

The tiny Belgian town's ancient version of Mardi Gras involves eerie wax masks, sticks for warding off evil, and ostrich plume hats.

This small window display is dedicated to the noble carrot.

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

Abandoned since 1998, this train station has become an oasis for urban explorers.

This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

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

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

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

Take a leisurely walk through the park to find the seven giant troll sculptures hidden throughout the park.

Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

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

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

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