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

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

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

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

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.

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.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

An intricate network of underground tombs carved into volcanic rock.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

The site where the summer solstice helped ancient Greeks sync the lunar and solar calendars.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

Underneath one of the region's most historic roads lies the home of Plato's successor.

Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

Dating from the 18th century to today, this museum houses a collection of over 1,200 musical instruments.

These ancient ruins hide in plain sight next to a dessert shop.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.