Brussels, Belgium
La Pasionaria
This enormous steel tube is the biggest speaking horn in the world.
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Brussels, Belgium
This enormous steel tube is the biggest speaking horn in the world.
Brussels, Belgium
Belgium's national heroine turned spy sacrificed her life to combat German occupation.
Brussels, Belgium
This huge limestone slab is considered the largest paving stone in Belgium and a relic of the earliest modern paving in Brussels.
Brussels, Belgium
A largely overlooked statue that may commemorate the first publication of 'Don Quixote' outside of Spain.
Brussels, Belgium
Known as "The Spewer," this bizarre fountain has an even stranger urban legend behind it.
Brussels, Belgium
A mural recalls a fictional woman who once lived at 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Brussels.
Brussels, Belgium
A bronze statue of the fictional character nicknamed "Mrs. Hat" from a beloved Belgian comedy.
Brussels, Belgium
This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.
Brussels, Belgium
Intricate metal sculpture that's half gothic cathedral, half construction equipment.
Brussels, Belgium
This historic Art Nouveau townhouse was the former home of the son of a famous chemical inventor and industrialist.
Brussels, Belgium
A hidden museum focusing on the sexual aspects of anthropology.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Przhevalsk, Kyrgyzstan
This museum is dedicated to one of Russia's greatest explorers.
Kyrgyzstan
According to one story, this burial mound is made up of stones that represent the casualties of a major battle.
Tash-Bashat, Kyrgyzstan
The origin of this sinisterly shaped forest is rooted in mystery.
Orto Say, Kyrgyzstan
Where you'll find anything but nothing.
Kojomkul, Kyrgyzstan
An unusual monument to a gentle giant who became a Kyrgyz hero.
Toguz Toro, Kyrgyzstan
These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.
Kyrgyzstan
According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.
Ming-Kush, Kyrgyzstan
This village was once a thriving Soviet uranium mining center, but is now semi-abandoned and desolate.
Kyrgyzstan
This mysterious complex of abandoned yurts and fading murals was meant to be a center of science and spirituality in Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan
A stunning blue-green lake located in the Terskey Alatau mountain range.
Barskoon, Kyrgyzstan
A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.
Ak-Su, Kyrgyzstan
Glacial lake that mysteriously empties itself every year.