In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

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

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

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

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

An undulating wicker beast looms peacefully atop a sand dune in Belgium.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

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

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

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

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

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

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.