This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

Carved scenes of sex work and unglamorous labour beneath a cultural hero.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

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

A discreet mark on the ground marking the site of the first chapel of the Glacis, dedicated to the patron saint of the city of Luxembourg and the country

Two sections of the old dam that made it possible to tame the Meuse in Belgium in the 19th century.

A forgotten stone skeleton of medieval Dijon slumbers beneath the feet of unsuspecting museum visitors.

This small monument commemorates the fact that seven villages named Beringen in five different countries have been united by a bond of friendship since 1959.

The original shop where the iconic Belgian praline was invented.

This section of the Art and History Museum's collections at the Cinquantenaire explores the symbolism of the heart in Western society.

A beautifully preserved and hidden 16th-century alleyway, tucked behind an unassuming door.

In 1988, jazz legend Chet Baker fell to his death from a window of this hotel facing Amsterdam Centraal.

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

A pillar is all that remains of a church built to honor a peculiar miracle.

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

A statue commemorating 'the greatest inhabitant of Amsterdam of all time.'

The mirrored section takes the shape of Hebrew characters when viewed from above.

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

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

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

This unfinished sculpture, once loathed by locals, ultimately earned their affection.

A trompe-l'oeil fresco celebrating 250 Walloon figures who left their mark on the region.