After the construction of a nearby cathedral obstructed the view, the oldest belfry in Belgium was more than doubled in height.

This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

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

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

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

A garden of flying flowers.

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

The last Oostende trawler to fish off Iceland is now a museum.

Also known as Napoleon's Canal, this waterway was created on the orders of the general, and construction was interrupted by Waterloo.

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

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

Relics from as far back as the 16th century are on display in a city known for its playing card industry.

This collection of lurid religious statues tell the tales of a saint who stood down the devil.

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.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

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

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

Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.

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

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.