From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

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

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

The centuries-old crosses "growing" in the cemetery are steeped in local lore and are believed to have healing powers.

A unique museum dedicated to the history of household appliances from across the globe.

A decommissioned Soviet airplane has been used as a movie theater and a cultural center.

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

Annual technopop celebration of peace and love.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.