This modern district offers a stark contrast to Bordeaux's terrace-lined squares and waterfront façades.

A young Gustave Eiffel assisted in the construction of this skinny metal observation tower.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

This medieval chapel is now a shrine to the region's favorite sport.

This narrow path was cut right into a French mountainside to feed the country's early naval expansion.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

A somber statue commemorating a Danish merfolk-tale.

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

It might look like just a pile of sticks—because it is. But there's a dark history to how this stack got its start.

An air of mystery pervades this modern-day singing Stonehenge.

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

These whimsical rabbit figures are not as innocent as they might look.

Unexpectedly standing in a glade, this large group of life-sized, 3D-printed clay figures captures the essence of local young people.

Danish whalers once brought back whale bones to use as building materials in places where wood was scarce.

Generations have refused to move this doll from its dusty resting place to preserve a castle from a watery fate.

This former peat factory was transformed into an observatory before being abandoned once again.

This micronation's flag honors its favorite drink, Kaffegöken, or "cuckoo-coffee."

The world's only above water sand volcano, believed to once be the bathtub of a priest.

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

Sweden's southernmost point is located in this charming fishing village.

This statue standing near Sweden's southernmost point was based on the grandmother of a modern movie star.

Preserved 19th-century lime kilns sit in southern Sweden.

One of Scandinavia's largest mosaics pays tribute to Danish art and science luminaries.