The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.

A 141-foot wave of crashing lumber guards the entrance to the Grand Place in Mons.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

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

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

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

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

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

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

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

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.