Places JanJann Wants to Go

This striking structure, with balconies jutting out like hedgehog spines, combine cutting-edge design with a playful approach to light and space.

An air of mystery pervades this modern-day singing Stonehenge.

Just off the city’s central station hides a quaint lamp-lit alley into medieval Elsinore.

Denmark’s ultra-modern library hides a treasury of rare, unique books.

This museum is a portal to 20th-century Denmark.

A Danish fisherman spent 25 years covering nearly every inch of his home with tens of thousands of shells as a gift to his wife.

This antique farmhouse is one of Læsø's rare seaweed houses.

This unique architectural wonder is home to luxury apartments.

A spiralling hourglass-shaped tower rises from the forests in Denmark.

Long before ultrasounds and modern testing, medical specimens like these conjoined twins helped physicians learn about congenital anomalies.

These old World War II fortifications have been transformed into an unusual equine attraction.

Remnants of the Nazis' occupation of Denmark linger along the sand.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.

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

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

This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.

A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.

Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.

This bridge's unique architecture honors nautical heritage and encourages self-awareness.

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.