On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

This giant Christ took first place in South America's religious arms race.

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

This heavily worn bas-relief was once an honored fertility symbol.

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

This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

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

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

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

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

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.