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The Guardhouse Monkey

Mons, Belgium

The Guardhouse Monkey

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

Vlindertuin
Permanently Closed

Knokke-Heist, Belgium

Vlindertuin

A garden of flying flowers.

The stairs to nowhere at Signal de Botrange.

Waimes, Belgium

Signal de Botrange

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

Dr. Guislain Museum

Ghent, Belgium

Dr. Guislain Museum

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

Gravensteen

Ghent, Belgium

Gravensteen

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

Werregarenstraat

Ghent, Belgium

Werregarenstraat

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

The Doomed City of Doel

Beveren, Belgium

The Doomed City of Doel

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

'Totem'

Leuven, Belgium

'Totem'

A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

The Atomium

Brussels, Belgium

The Atomium

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

Zinneke Pis

Brussels, Belgium

Zinneke Pis

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

Penis Fountain
Permanently Closed

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Penis Fountain

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

The Afsluitdijk.

Breezanddijk, Netherlands

Afsluitdijk

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

Some rights reserved by Michel Coumans

Lelystad, Netherlands

Bataviawerf

Building Men of War and Indiamen from Holland's Golden Age.

The Maeslantkering closed

Hoek van Holland, Netherlands

Maeslantkering

This enormous storm barrier is one of the largest moving structures on Earth, with each arm taller than the Washington Monument.

Schokland as it is nowaydays; enclosed by land. The church is also visible in the painting by Hermanus Koekoek.

Schokland, Netherlands

Schokland

The struggle of a small Dutch island against the sea.

Exposure

Lelystad, Netherlands

Exposure

This giant wire frame man sculpture is crouched in contemplation.

Building A in Radio Kootwijk

Radio Kootwijk, Netherlands

Radio Kootwijk

This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.

Slauerhoffbrug as viewed from the canal

Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Slauerhoffbrug Flying Drawbridge

This unique bridge physically lifts a piece of the road into the air to let boats pass by.

Waterfall of Loenen

Loenen, Netherlands

Waterfall of Loenen

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.

Fort Saint Pieter

Maastricht, Netherlands

Fort Saint Pieter

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

New best friend for a day?

Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Apenheul Primate Park

Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 35 species live and some of them roam free alongside their human visitors.

Giant seagull terrorizing miniature farm.

The Hague, Netherlands

Madurodam

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

Sprookjesbos

Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands

Efteling Sprookjesbos

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

St. Pietersberg Caves

Maastricht, Netherlands

St. Pietersberg Caves

Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.

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