Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

The first peace pagoda to be constructed in the Western world sits next to a small English lake.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

A rare example of this century-old British tank stands near the center of town in Ashford.

This sculpture combines the literary Alice with her real-life inspiration.

This bare, bronze lad in a lone sock sits in the middle of Loughborough’s town center.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.