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

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

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

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

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

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

This restored colonial house was once home to the botanist responsible for bringing avocados to the U.S.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

A collection of heirloom roses tucked in a spectacularly beautiful botanical garden on Lake Atitlan.