According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

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

The lost American era of gunfighters, bandits, Indians and steam trains is recreated in Sweden.

The first overseas server for Facebook in Sweden's tundra.

A colossal strolling Pinocchio that was greeted with more outrage than whimsy.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

A botched 18th-century canal silenced one of Sweden's most magnificent waterfalls.

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

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.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.