A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

Europe's longest Hornbeam tunnel.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

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

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

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

A ghostly and forgotten art deco bathhouse by the windy shore of Dunkirk, weathered but still standing.

A neighborhood with Art Deco architecture as eccentric as its history.

This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.

This heavily worn bas-relief was once an honored fertility symbol.

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

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

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

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

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

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

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

This German art chapel is perfect for those who like their worship hard, modern, and utterly alien.