Places dawnjohnston25 Wants to Go

Opened in 1787, this old-world treasure is said to be the oldest restaurant in Copenhagen.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

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

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

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

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

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

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

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

Copenhagen's "other" little mermaid marks the historic location of past sea maid sightings.

Traditional Danish spot where the schnapps are flowing and the smørrebrød is loaded.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.

Keep your eyes out for this "ghost" and walking pun.

This confectioner serves one of the finest renditions of Antep baklava outside of Turkey.

A small hippo-shaped fountain in Berlin, Germany.

A Syrian family keeps memories of their homeland alive at this sweet shop.