This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

Museum deep in the catacombs of St. Michael the Archangel Church is explored by touch, sound, and smell.

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

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

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.

Abandoned Soviet base once stocked with short and medium range missiles pointed at western Europe.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

Site of the first radio and telephone broadcasting companies in Copenhagen.

This World War II airfield enjoys a second life as a public park.

The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.

Danish observation tower designed to look like a giant beer bottle.

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

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.