Le Roeulx, Belgium
Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift
The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.
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Le Roeulx, Belgium
The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.
Braine-le-Comte, Belgium
The unlikely Art Deco shrine to marbrite, a vanished glass.
Tulsk, Ireland
This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.
Offaly, Ireland
Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.
Tullamore, Ireland
An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.
Dublin, Ireland
An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Dublin, Ireland
This is the place where U2’s lead singer got his nickname.
Dublin, Ireland
Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.
Dublin, Ireland
The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.
Dublin, Ireland
A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.
Ballina, Ireland
The remains of a concrete ship sit on a sandbank between Ballina Quay and Belleek Woods.
Mayo, Ireland
This small Irish village suffered the greatest loss of life when the Titanic sank.
Corofin, Ireland
A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.
Glenslane, Ireland
This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.
Antwerp, Belgium
A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.
Antwerp, Belgium
This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.
Antwerp, Belgium
The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.
Kemzeke, Belgium
A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.
Beveren, Belgium
This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.
Liège, Belgium
This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.
Genk, Belgium
What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.
Borgloon, Belgium
Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.
Laffrey, France
On the shores of Lake Laffrey, a monument commemorating one of Napoleon Bonaparte's most compelling victories.