An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

This massive collection of taxidermy is full of specimens collected by missionaries during their international travels.

A hidden museum focusing on the sexual aspects of anthropology.

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

This former coal mine, now a fascinating museum, was the site of Belgium's worst mining disaster.

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

This historic Art Nouveau townhouse was the former home of the son of a famous chemical inventor and industrialist.

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

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

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

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.