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An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

After funding was cut for a memorial to the Danish author, the sculptor had his statue ceremonially lowered into the city harbor.

This unique architectural wonder is home to luxury apartments.

Four alabaster giants contemplate the tides on the shore of Denmark.

Designed to resemble foreign architecture, this mosque-looking structure was used to pump water to a royal fountain.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.

This humble bench is considered the most beautiful in the world.

An accidental trick of light casts the perfect shadow of a pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago against the cathedral wall.

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.

Head to the mountains to catch a glimpse of Spain's endangered subspecies of brown bear.

Stormy conditions send jets of seawater bursting through holes in the cliffs.

The quirky - and private - constructions of a secluded artist depict the house of God.

Built in 1925, this glass-roofed shopping arcade is known for its modernist Italian architecture.

This 40-meter waterfall of light graces one of the most iconic stations in the Madrid metro network.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

Nicknamed the "Spirit of Paul Klee," this colorful apartment building features an array of multicolored panels.

At least according to the Guinness World Records.

This 18th-century water provider for Aranjuez was refurbished in 2013 only to be neglected again.

This waterfall, also known as the “the castanets” is said to mimic the sounds of the waves in Portugal.

This Michelin-starred restaurant sheds light on a rare period of cultural and culinary tolerance in Cordoba’s past.