Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

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

This heavily worn bas-relief was once an honored fertility symbol.

Hidden along this old street in Antwerp is a surreal monument of a bronze arm sprouting four hands.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

At high tide, the base of the lighthouse covers practically every inch of the island.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

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

Take a leisurely walk through the park to find the seven giant troll sculptures hidden throughout the park.

This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.

This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.

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