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

Banished from town, this local jester concocted a clever return.

This statue of a studious young woman stands at the site of Leuven's first college to accept female students.

A small statue commemorates a centuries-old event that still hangs over the people of Leuven.

This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.

A museum dedicated Germany's favorite drink and most well-known festival.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.

The busy transport hub is home to the tallest airport slide in the world.

A remote lodge nestled among some of the world's best-preserved rainforests.

An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

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

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

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

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

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

This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.