This 23-foot-tall bear stands amid the hustle and bustle of Hamad International Airport.

This metal monument marking the middle of Belgium represents three regions coming together to form one country.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

Nicolas Schöffer's massive interactive sculpture was assembled in 1961 and brought back online in 2016.

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

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

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

An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.

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

The geographic midpoint of the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.

This unassuming stone bollard is a centuries-old marker denoting the center of the city.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

A curious stone in a public square commemorates the victims of witch-burning.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.