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

The tiny Belgian town's ancient version of Mardi Gras involves eerie wax masks, sticks for warding off evil, and ostrich plume hats.

This small window display is dedicated to the noble carrot.

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

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

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

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

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

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

An undulating wicker beast looms peacefully atop a sand dune in Belgium.

Descend into the tunnels to experience the life of a coal miner.

The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.

Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

Museum covers every step of the chocolate-making process, from cultivation to the finished product.

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

Artwork tucked within the trees greets visitors with surreal sonic experiences.

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

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

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