This retro diner claims to be the birthplace of poutine.

In 1988, jazz legend Chet Baker fell to his death from a window of this hotel facing Amsterdam Centraal.

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

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.

The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

This annual Belgian water race attracts bathtub captains from all over the world.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

The official motto of Luxembourg reminds passersby of the Luxembourgish commitment to their national identity and sovereignty.

Statues of a fire-breather, a clown, and a whole performing troupe celebrate Luxembourg's creative side.

Some believe that the artist behind this whimsical statue inserted his own likeness as a way to discreetly flip the bird.

This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.

A piece of stonework relief commemorates the site where the Devil's rage, and odd apparel, destroyed a house.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

You can spot this teeny tiny stained-glass window from the Bonifacius bridge.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

Christ's blood allegedly 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.

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