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

This constantly evolving art space saved an Italian town from its own crippling reputation.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

It's as if the herds walked straight out of a fairy tale into the Missouri wilds.

One of the oldest bank museums in Europe showcases unusual currencies of the world and other money-related miscellanea.

Rediscovered in 1992, this abandoned medieval village once flourished by fishing and piracy.

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

The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.

A museum celebrating the Canadian forces that liberated Belgium from the Nazis replete with battlefield miniatures and multiple Gardens.

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

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

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.

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

This World War I fortress is the perfect place to catch a Montenegrin sunset.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

An unexpected ghost village lurks on the southeast coast of Tenerife.

The ruins of a bombed medieval village memorialize the destruction of the Spanish Civil War.

This abandoned naval battery stood at the ready as recently as the 1980s.

This abandoned mansion has a window for every day of the year, and is a temple for ghost hunters.

Abandoned tunnels dug for the once-thriving sea salt industry on the coast of southern Spain.