Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

Hundreds of mossy stones engraved with bits of philosophy, literature and random musings.

A Very Low Frequency transmitter you can tune in on your PC.

A colossal strolling Pinocchio that was greeted with more outrage than whimsy.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.

There are no crying babies in this neck of the woods.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

The world's biggest floating museum in Gothenburg, Sweden.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.

The world's largest wooden structure.