Places Macrolens Wants to Go

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

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

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

This ancient Roman aqueduct once funneled water to Diocletian's palace.

This deserted town in the hills of Croatia’s "party island" may have a scandalous connection to King Henry VIII.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.

This hole formed by a glacier is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in Stockholm.

Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.

Sweden's largest optical telescope sits on a rooftop in Stockholm.

Enormous ants wielding giant pine needles guard a Stockholm real estate company's office.

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

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

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.