Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

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

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

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

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

Held in an old church, this clockwork museum maintains a special focus on titanic tower timepieces.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

The oldest volcanology research center in the world.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.