A 141-foot wave of crashing lumber guards the entrance to the Grand Place in Mons.

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

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

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

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

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

This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial.

A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.

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

Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.

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

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

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

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

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

An undulating wicker beast looms peacefully atop a sand dune in Belgium.

A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

Descend into the tunnels to experience the life of a coal miner.

Museum covers every step of the chocolate-making process, from cultivation to the finished product.