Jelling, Denmark
Jelling Viking Monuments
Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.
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Jelling, Denmark
Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.
Billund, Denmark
An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.
Slagelse Municipality, Denmark
A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.
Klampenborg, Denmark
The oldest amusement park in the world has been providing a nice spot to have some fun since the 1500s.
Lejre, Denmark
This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.
Frederiksberg, Denmark
A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.
Aarhus, Denmark
This colorful artistic feature atop a Danish art gallery allows visitors to stroll through a rainbow.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Mafra, Portugal
At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.
Porto, Portugal
A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.
Santa Maria, Portugal
Rainwater transformed this old quarry into a peaceful pond you won't find in most tourist books.
Lisbon, Portugal
This oddly shaped church resembles a rocket.
Vila Franca Do Campo, Portugal
A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.
Portugal
A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.
Lisbon, Portugal
An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.
Pavia, Portugal
Pagan monument converted to Christianity with the population.
Ponta do Pargo, Portugal
Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.
Almeida, Portugal
The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.
Moreira do Rei, Portugal
A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Lisbon, Portugal
Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.
Braga, Portugal
A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.
Elvas, Portugal
This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.