A small statue commemorates a centuries-old event that still hangs over the people of Leuven.

The birthplace of the titular coat and related products celebrates its claim to fame with a statue of a coat.

A lovely biographical museum in the artist's home of 24 years.

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

The oldest cemetery in Belgium.

A pilgrimage site where people ask Saint Dymphna to watch over those who are not of sound mind.

Also known as Napoleon's Canal, this waterway was created on the orders of the general, and construction was interrupted by Waterloo.

An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.

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

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

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

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

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

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

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

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

Infamous and now demolished panopticon prison built by its former inhabitants.

A plaque in Madrid’s West Park marks the launch of a queer icon’s unlikely media career.

This historic fountain is a favorite neighborhood meeting point.

In this 400-year-old hotel in Madrid, you'll find a comb in every room, an old clock, and maybe a ghost.