A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

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

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

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

Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.

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

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

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

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

This bike path traverses the treetops.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

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

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

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

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.