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

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

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.

This annual Belgian water race attracts bathtub captains from all over the world.

A museum celebrating the Canadian forces that liberated Belgium from the Nazis replete with battlefield miniatures and multiple Gardens.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

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

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

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

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

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

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

Sculpture designed by Turkish artist and professor Mehmet Ali Uysal.

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