Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

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

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

A pilgrimage site where people ask Saint Dymphna to watch over those who are not of sound mind.

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

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

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

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

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

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

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

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

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

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

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

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