From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

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

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

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

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

A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.

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

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

Take a leisurely walk through the park to find the seven giant troll sculptures hidden throughout the park.

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

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

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

This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.

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

This heavily worn bas-relief was once an honored fertility symbol.

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

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

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

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

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

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

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”