A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.

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.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

This peaceful oasis appears dreamy, but it's also the site of a nightmarish legend.

This Edwardian workhouse tells a harrowing story of those who were forced to trade hard labor for lodging.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

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

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

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

This former coal mine, now a fascinating museum, was the site of Belgium's worst mining disaster.

These ruins reveal the remarkably intact layout of a Roman marketplace.

A 12th-century castle featuring a sensory path where partially-sighted visitors can experience regional history through touch and sound.

Dedicated to the American general whose reply to a German demand for surrender was simply "Nuts!"

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.

Massive installation of Europe's negative stereotypes.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

The sanctuary holds what was once believed to be the saint's incorruptible tongue.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.