The shiny silver little brother to Copenhagen's Little Mermaid statue.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Four whimsical figures make for an unexpected sight along an urban commuter route.

One of Scandinavia's largest mosaics pays tribute to Danish art and science luminaries.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

This contemplative sculpture made out of old machine parts is meant to be the first in a series of sculptures around the world.

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

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

This millstone commemorates a gruesome tale that may have been the source of the city's name.

These waste baskets play a few risque messages to discourage littering.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

This quarry filled with 65 million-year-old limestone is now home to a nature reserve.

This metallic cross was most likely the last thing a condemned person would see while on the gallows.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.

One of two Irish-style round towers in Scotland, this structure has mysterious origins.

Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.