A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

The foundations of a forgotten fortress, wedged in between two streams.

A taxus-tree to which Julius Caesar reputedly tied his horse.

A massive, gleaming sea turtle with a rider atop its shell looks out over the horizon.

Visitors to this Belgium graveyard are greeted by the grieving stone parents of the young men lost to war.

Rediscovered in 1992, this abandoned medieval village once flourished by fishing and piracy.

The last Oostende trawler to fish off Iceland is now a museum.

The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.

A piece of the front end of a British cruiser that was used as a block ship in World War I.

An undulating wicker beast looms peacefully atop a sand dune in Belgium.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

The oldest cemetery in Belgium.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

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

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.

A piece of stonework relief commemorates the site where the Devil's rage, and odd apparel, destroyed a house.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

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

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

You would never come across this tiny green oasis if you didn't know it existed.