A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

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

The Netherlands' first car tunnel has an unusually rectangular shape.

A pilgrimage site where people ask Saint Dymphna to watch over those who are not of sound mind.

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

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

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

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

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

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

A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.

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

A fortress off the West coast of Portugal that dates back to 1502.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

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