A fountain full of 18 bronze-cast dogs, a cat, a pony, some birds, and a mystery apple, all because one guy and his golden retriever saw a photo online.

Constructed from the ruins of a former glass factory, this park incorporates the old with the new.

A replica of a 17th-century map of the stars stands in the courtyard of a Belgian university.

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

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

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

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

You can spot this teeny tiny stained-glass window from the Bonifacius bridge.

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.

A giant hilltop cross marks the location of a sanctuary with stunning views of Acapulco.

This restored colonial house was once home to the botanist responsible for bringing avocados to the U.S.

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.