Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

This old, abandoned hotel offers magnificent views.

A taxus-tree to which Julius Caesar reputedly tied his horse.

After the construction of a nearby cathedral obstructed the view, the oldest belfry in Belgium was more than doubled in height.

This monumental mural crafted nearly 40 years ago is still in perfect condition.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

This collection of lurid religious statues tell the tales of a saint who stood down the devil.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Dedicated to the American general whose reply to a German demand for surrender was simply "Nuts!"

The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.

A towering baroque basilica jutting out of the French countryside.

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

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.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

Belgium’s famous peeing statue has worn many hats (and coats, and pants), which are on display at this small museum.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.