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

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

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

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

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

A pillar is all that remains of a church built to honor a peculiar miracle.

These public toilets also provide entertainment for visitors to Amsterdam’s Red Light District.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

The history and future of cannabis.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

This windmill has been grinding pigments for traditional paints for more than 200 years.

The place where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy.