The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

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

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

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

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

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

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

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

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

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.

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

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

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

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

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.