The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.