This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

This Belgian theme park began as a refuge for bored church children and was closed down when a boy lost an arm.

You would never come across this tiny green oasis if you didn't know it existed.

Rediscovered in 1992, this abandoned medieval village once flourished by fishing and piracy.

Walk or bike along a narrow strip of Belgium sandwiched by German territory.

This former coal mine, now a fascinating museum, was the site of Belgium's worst mining disaster.

Visitors to this Belgium graveyard are greeted by the grieving stone parents of the young men lost to war.

The foundations of a forgotten fortress, wedged in between two streams.

This museum is housed in an unassuming building that witnessed one of the most daring feats of satire in modern history.

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

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

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

This bike path traverses the treetops.

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

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

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

A taxus-tree to which Julius Caesar reputedly tied his horse.

An early 20th-century sanatorium, long abandoned and now being reclaimed by nature.

One of Belgium's oldest hospitals saw patients from the 13th to 20th centuries before becoming a museum.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.