The tallest church in Mechelen might have been the tallest in the world if not for a lack of funds.

A massive, gleaming sea turtle with a rider atop its shell looks out over the horizon.

Visitors to this Belgium graveyard are greeted by the grieving stone parents of the young men lost to war.

Also known as Napoleon's Canal, this waterway was created on the orders of the general, and construction was interrupted by Waterloo.

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

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

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

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

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

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

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

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

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

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.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.