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

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

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.

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

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

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

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

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

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.

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

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

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

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

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

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

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

An early 20th-century sanatorium, long abandoned and now being reclaimed by nature.