The castle used by the Danish Royal Family as a hunting retreat.

Northern Europe’s largest castle ruins sit precariously on an island cliffside.

Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.

A small Denmark town displays a pair of titanic jaw bones as their community symbol.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

Vibrant street art created with mixed media.

This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

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

Madrid's last horchata kiosk is a blue-and-white beacon of refreshment.