This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

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

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

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

This towering church is home to a world-famous organ and a treasure trove of medieval art.

The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.

An independent cinema housed in a former pathological anatomy laboratory.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 35 species live and some of them roam free alongside their human visitors.

This imposing tower named after the mythical sword of King Arthur is considered the tallest freestanding climbing wall in the world.

Every winter, this former planetarium is transformed into a massive, brightly-lit Christmas ornament.

Preserving the research tools, unexpected inventions, and odd collections of generations of college professors.