Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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

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

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.

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

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

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

This sea stack in Cyprus is traditionally seen as the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

This fortified town dating back to the 1400s is often described as an open-air museum and is a protected National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.

This picturesque monastery at the base of a cliff is a peaceful oasis open to all visitors.

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.