A jazz band formed by African water animals in the heart of Flemish Brabant.

A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.

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

Above the door of a house, a plaque claims to commemorate the future living place of the inventor of time travel.

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

A monumental toilet that is also host to rare plants.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

An installation that makes understanding the size of the universe a walk in the park.

This 19th-century zoological collection has withstood the test of time.

A replica of a 17th-century map of the stars stands in the courtyard of a Belgian university.

This statue of a studious young woman stands at the site of Leuven's first college to accept female students.

Though they might seem like arbitrary scratches in the wall, these were once official measures of length.

This unassuming stone bollard is a centuries-old marker denoting the center of the city.

Where George Lemaître discovered the expanding nature of the universe.

A tiny metropolis resides inside this student housing complex.

A chapel quietly preserves the remains of Father Damien, who devoted his life to caring for leprosy patients.

Banished from town, this local jester concocted a clever return.

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

This deserted town in the hills of Croatia’s "party island" may have a scandalous connection to King Henry VIII.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

The former home and studio of Belgian artist Antoine Wiertz is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

This section of the Art and History Museum's collections at the Cinquantenaire explores the symbolism of the heart in Western society.

The original shop where the iconic Belgian praline was invented.