An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

This Communist-era residential block is one of the longest residential building in Europe.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

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

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

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.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.