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

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

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

This work of art, which took 35 years to complete, has a motorway running through it.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

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

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.

A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

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

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Belgium's national heroine turned spy sacrificed her life to combat German occupation.

A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.