The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.

A 141-foot wave of crashing lumber guards the entrance to the Grand Place in Mons.

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.

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

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

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

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

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

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

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

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

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

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

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

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

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

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

Pigduck of Turku.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.