Schwangau, Germany
Neuschwanstein Castle
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
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Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Berlin, Germany
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Paris, France
In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.
Paris, France
This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.
Paris, France
An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.
Paris, France
This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.
Paris, France
A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.
Paris, France
This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.
Paris, France
This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.
Paris, France
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Læsø, Denmark
This antique farmhouse is one of Læsø's rare seaweed houses.
Aarhus, Denmark
This inverted metropolis model is the artist's "revenge" for not being allowed to have a doll house as a kid.
Gudhjem, Denmark
The largest of Denmark's seven mysterious round churches stands on an island in the Baltic Sea.
Odense, Denmark
The last Viking king of Denmark is buried inside the crypt of this cathedral.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's "other" little mermaid marks the historic location of past sea maid sightings.
Nibe, Denmark
In legend, this ancient dolmen was said to have been created when a troll tried to destroy a church.
Ronnede, Denmark
A spiralling hourglass-shaped tower rises from the forests in Denmark.
Aalborg, Denmark
From buck blood to Theriak miracle tonic, this collection of Renaissance chemist's gear look's like a wizard's pantry.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Traditional Danish spot where the schnapps are flowing and the smørrebrød is loaded.
Skørping, Denmark
An old limestone mine transformed into a beautiful and unusual sculpture museum.
Dronninglund, Denmark
This Danish castle is supposedly haunted by a woman too independent to not be a witch.
Roskilde, Denmark
Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.