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

A piece of the front end of a British cruiser that was used as a block ship in World War I.

This statue of a studious young woman stands at the site of Leuven's first college to accept female students.

Six turbines towering over a wide road for passersby.

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

A pilgrimage site where people ask Saint Dymphna to watch over those who are not of sound mind.

A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.

A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

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

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

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

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

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

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

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

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

This non-profit theatre in the heart of Brussels is dedicated to hosting independent films.

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

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

The shattered remains of the world's once tallest structure.

An open-air museum of 18th-century homes and churches transported from various villages in Southern Poland.

A small granite monument marks where the borders of three countries meet.