To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

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

Hidden along this old street in Antwerp is a surreal monument of a bronze arm sprouting four hands.

This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.

This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.

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

This sculpture used famed boxer Joe Louis as the inspiration behind its body.

Visit an imposing 13th-century Transylvanian citadel lurking not far from the region's more heavily touristed attractions.

According to a gruesome legend, an architect sacrificed his wife to build this spectacular, 16th-century cathedral.

This eccentric folly house was designed by Romanian thinker Bogdan-Petriceicu Hasdeu, with a helping hand from his deceased daughter's spirit.

This religious museum resides in a church crypt next to the founder's house.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.