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

This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.

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

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

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

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

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

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

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

Nicolas Schöffer's massive interactive sculpture was assembled in 1961 and brought back online in 2016.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

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

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.

A tribute to the first human in space.

An impressive monument to Poland's independence.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.