A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

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

A fascinating and enormous collection of natural history exhibits stained by a dark colonial legacy.

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

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

In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.

After the construction of a nearby cathedral obstructed the view, the oldest belfry in Belgium was more than doubled in height.

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

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

An 11th-century runestone decorates the halls of Terminal 2 of this Scandinavian travel hub.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.