Places Cris Hellwig Wants to Go

This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.

This striking sculpture of a supermodel in a yoga pose challenges traditional public art.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

Hidden in plain sight, a gravestone seemingly inscribed from the future stands among the cemetery’s historic tombs.

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

This striking structure, with balconies jutting out like hedgehog spines, combine cutting-edge design with a playful approach to light and space.

An unconventional and naturalistic sculpture depicting the artist marking his territory on an exterior faculty wall.

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

Long before ultrasounds and modern testing, medical specimens like these conjoined twins helped physicians learn about congenital anomalies.

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

Denmark’s oldest bakery is home to the 'Wednesday Snail,' one of the best cinnamon rolls on the planet.

This ultra-modern wooden boardwalk turns the ocean into a swimming pool.

Visitors are treated to a stained glass kaleidoscope interior inside this work of art.

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

In the heart of Luxembourg's "little Switzerland" weaves a breathtaking natural sandstone canyon with a mythological past.

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.