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

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

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

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

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

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.

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

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

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

This bike path traverses the treetops.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

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

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

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

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.

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