The private train station King Leopold II built for the Belgian royal family now lies abandoned.

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

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

Ancient man-made caves underneath small town Belgium.

This collection of lurid religious statues tell the tales of a saint who stood down the devil.

Forget the hearse ‘cause he’s forever immortalized in a Belgian city where AC/DC performed a secret gig that pushed them forward.

Dedicated to the unsung history of human waste.

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

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

The tiny Belgian town's ancient version of Mardi Gras involves eerie wax masks, sticks for warding off evil, and ostrich plume hats.

The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

A 141-foot wave of crashing lumber guards the entrance to the Grand Place in Mons.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

Local lore surrounds this unusual stone.

One of Belgium's oldest hospitals saw patients from the 13th to 20th centuries before becoming a museum.

After the construction of a nearby cathedral obstructed the view, the oldest belfry in Belgium was more than doubled in height.

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.

This old, abandoned hotel offers magnificent views.

This Belgian theme park began as a refuge for bored church children and was closed down when a boy lost an arm.

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

In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.