Hidden within a Netherlands crater is a stone bed that lets those who lie in it see the sky as a curved surface.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

A sweet museum focused on beets.

A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.

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

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

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

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

Descend into the tunnels to experience the life of a coal miner.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

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

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

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

An electrical pylon under whose legs a normal gauge train can run.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

The Netherlands' first car tunnel has an unusually rectangular shape.