Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

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

Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

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

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

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

This roadside attraction looks like a flying saucer parked atop the tundra.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.