This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

A garden of flying flowers.

Six turbines towering over a wide road for passersby.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

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

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

This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

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

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

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

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

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

Berlin's old airport.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.