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

Abandoned since 1998, this train station has become an oasis for urban explorers.

This non-profit theatre in the heart of Brussels is dedicated to hosting independent films.

Relics from as far back as the 16th century are on display in a city known for its playing card industry.

This old, abandoned hotel offers magnificent views.

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

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

An early 20th-century sanatorium, long abandoned and now being reclaimed by nature.

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

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

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

A museum celebrating the Canadian forces that liberated Belgium from the Nazis replete with battlefield miniatures and multiple Gardens.

This Belgian palace was long the domain of priests and aristocrats but is now being turned into an art commune.

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

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.

A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

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

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

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

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

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

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial.