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A pony along the trail on Mount Rogers.

Mouth of Wilson, Virginia

Mount Rogers

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

The Atomium

Brussels, Belgium

The Atomium

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Laeken Cemetery Crypt in 2008.

Brussels, Belgium

Laeken Cemetery Crypt

This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.

View of one of the walkable tunnels.

Brussels, Belgium

Musée des Égouts Bruxelles (Brussels Sewer Museum)

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.

The Whisperer

Antwerp, Belgium

The Whisperer

This interactive sculpture allows visitors to leave a message in case a friend passes by.

Hand of Druon Antigoon

Antwerp, Belgium

Hand of Druon Antigoon

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

Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing

Antwerp, Belgium

Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing

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

A detail of the sculpture.

Antwerp, Belgium

Lange Wapper Statue

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

Brabo Fountain.

Antwerp, Belgium

Brabo Fountain

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

The Nello and Patrasche sculpture in Handschoenmarkt.

Antwerp, Belgium

Nello and Patrasche

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

Parc de Bruxelles, or "Brussels Park".

Brussels, Belgium

Commemoration of Peter the Great's Vomit

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

Garderobe Manneken Pis

Brussels, Belgium

Garderobe Manneken Pis

Belgium’s famous peeing statue has worn many hats (and coats, and pants), which are on display at this small museum.

Manneken Pis in US Air Force uniform

Brussels, Belgium

Manneken Pis

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Jeanneke Pis forms a counterpoint in gender terms to Brussels' trademark statue, Manneken Pis.

Brussels, Belgium

Jeanneke Pis

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

Zinneke Pis

Brussels, Belgium

Zinneke Pis

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

Laeken Greenhouses illuminated. (luc_viatour/Flickr)

Brussels, Belgium

Royal Greenhouses of Laeken

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

French Cemetery, Yorktown Battlefield

Yorktown, Virginia

French Cemetery

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.

The Mariners' Museum and Park

Newport News, Virginia

The Mariner's Museum and Park

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

The Natural Bridge

Natural Bridge, Virginia

The Natural Bridge

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Roanoke Star

Roanoke, Virginia

Roanoke Star

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

President Heads

Williamsburg, Virginia

President Heads

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

Surrender Field

Yorktown, Virginia

Surrender Field

The location where the American Revolution ended.

Emancipation Oak

Hampton, Virginia

Emancipation Oak

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

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