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.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Visitors sometimes leave flowers in honor of this writer and lesbian icon.

A monumental magenta installation looms over a tangle of roads and tracks, as controversial as it is conspicuous.

Sweden's largest remaining gantry crane is a relic of Gothenburg's industrial past.

A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.

A medieval village, with red wooden cottages around a stone church, stands as a well-preserved example of a settlement type that was once common in northern Sweden.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

The concrete skeletons of an abandoned Swedish town hide among the trees.

The charming storybook building now houses a small police museum.

The world's biggest floating museum in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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

The place to be if you love vintage Swedish cars.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

Explore the frozen river and take a walk to a nearby island on some of the longest ice roads in Sweden.

The world's first purpose-built indoor shopping mall opened in Sweden in 1955.