An undulating wicker beast looms peacefully atop a sand dune in Belgium.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

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

A piece of stonework relief commemorates the site where the Devil's rage, and odd apparel, destroyed a house.

The oldest cemetery in Belgium.

You can spot this teeny tiny stained-glass window from the Bonifacius bridge.

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

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

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

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

An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.

This vineyard was the site of the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade.

This ancient burial mound is accessed by an impressive Greek-built archway.

The saltiest lake in all of Crimea is also the pinkest of the pink and teeming with life.

One of the cave cities of Crimea, built by the Goths in the sixth century.

This cheeky restaurant has a serious devotion to lard sculptures.

A peculiarly shaped brass sculpture hidden in a courtyard in central Lviv

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

A Kyiv-based repository for all manners of discarded curiosities.

When you've got to go, you've got to go.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

This ex-prison dates back to the Middle Ages.

Relive a Polish uprising via an enormous, century-old cyclorama.

In the center of Wrocław's old meat market stands a somber tribute to the city's livestock.