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

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.

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

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.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

The last Victorian market in Belfast.

For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

One of the largest lenses of its kind ever created, this former ship beacon has been brought down to Earth.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

This tiny train shuttles passengers to one of Northern Ireland's most spectacular sights.

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

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

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.