Known as "The Spewer," this bizarre fountain has an even stranger urban legend behind it.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

This huge limestone slab is considered the largest paving stone in Belgium and a relic of the earliest modern paving in Brussels.

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

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

In the middle of a Brussels roundabout, a cargo container balancing on its edge.

One of the oldest bank museums in Europe showcases unusual currencies of the world and other money-related miscellanea.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.

Belgium's national heroine turned spy sacrificed her life to combat German occupation.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

Unbeknownst to many, this fountain was erected as a tomb and still holds the remains of a Frenchman.

For true northern-style phở with broth as clear as consommé, hunt for this restaurant hidden within a residential home.

This time-honored eatery near Hoàn Kiếm Lake serves the classic pairing of rice vermicelli soup and savory sticky rice.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

This steamed rice crepe specialist has been rolling up its namesake dish for over 30 years.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

A monument to the groundbreaking environmentalist sits near the place where she first experienced the sea.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

Order your phở stir-fried, sans soup.

Don’t miss the local staple of rice vermicelli with charcoal-grilled pork patties and pork belly.