This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

The Guardian of Tallinn.

A symbol for the opposition to nuclear power around the world.

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

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

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

This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.

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

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.