Places flblom Wants to Go

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

This interactive sculpture allows visitors to leave a message in case a friend passes by.

This museum is housed in an unassuming building that witnessed one of the most daring feats of satire in modern history.

Also known as Napoleon's Canal, this waterway was created on the orders of the general, and construction was interrupted by Waterloo.

A pilgrimage site where people ask Saint Dymphna to watch over those who are not of sound mind.

A gender-bending antihero's grave, where lies the inspiration for both book and film.

A taxus-tree to which Julius Caesar reputedly tied his horse.

One of Belgium's oldest hospitals saw patients from the 13th to 20th centuries before becoming a museum.

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

A 141-foot wave of crashing lumber guards the entrance to the Grand Place in Mons.

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

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

This Belgian palace was long the domain of priests and aristocrats but is now being turned into an art commune.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.

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

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

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

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

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

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

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.

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