This former cannon foundry and castle for the Counts of Flanders is now a public garden.

This traditional festival celebrates a family of wooden giants that have survived Nazis, wars, and religion.

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

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

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

This monumental mural crafted nearly 40 years ago is still in perfect condition.

This architecturally eclectic early-20th century mosque was built as a place of worship for the Islamic followers of a Jewish messiah.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.