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

Take a leisurely walk through the park to find the seven giant troll sculptures hidden throughout the park.

The tallest church in Mechelen might have been the tallest in the world if not for a lack of funds.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

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

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

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

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

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

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

A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.

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

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

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

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

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