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

This interactive sculpture allows visitors to leave a message in case a friend passes by.

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

This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.

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

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

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

This bike path traverses the treetops.

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

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

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.

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

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

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

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

One of the deepest indoor swimming pools in the world.

This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.