Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.

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

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

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.

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

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

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

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

Hidden along this old street in Antwerp is a surreal monument of a bronze arm sprouting four hands.

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

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

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

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

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

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

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.