Lier, Belgium
The Zimmer Clock Tower and Museum
A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.
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Lier, Belgium
A 14th-century fortified keep showcases the masterpieces of an ingenious 20th-century clockmaker.
Manningtree, England
This surreal art house looks like a geometric version of a small chapel.
Maidstone, England
This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.
Binche, Belgium
The tiny Belgian town's ancient version of Mardi Gras involves eerie wax masks, sticks for warding off evil, and ostrich plume hats.
Brussels, Belgium
A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.
Halsteren, Netherlands
Invisible bridge parts the waters, invoking biblical images and preserving the ominous feel of an ancient moat.
Antwerp, Belgium
Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.
Hollingbourne, England
A showcase of canine neckwear spanning five centuries of doggie fashion and function.
Brussels, Belgium
Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
Brussels, Belgium
A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.
Brussels, Belgium
Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Brussels, Belgium
Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.
Valenciennes, France
This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.
Naours, France
A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.
Maldegem, Belgium
A museum celebrating the Canadian forces that liberated Belgium from the Nazis replete with battlefield miniatures and multiple Gardens.
Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France
The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
Bruges, Belgium
Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.
Bruges, Belgium
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.
Bruges, Belgium
This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.
Bruges, Belgium
A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.
Bruges, Belgium
The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.