Jelling, Denmark
Jelling Viking Monuments
Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.
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Jelling, Denmark
Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.
Odense, Denmark
A model memorial to the original Odin Tower, the second highest tower in Europe before it was sabotaged by Danish Nazis.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Nördlingen, Germany
A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.
Augsburg, Germany
Legend says this sculpture commemorates a brave baker who rescued the city in the Thirty Years' War.
Augsburg, Germany
According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.
Landsberg am Lech, Germany
The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.
Blois, France
Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.
Reims, France
An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.
Hunawihr, France
Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.
Ajaccio, France
Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.
Marseille, France
For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.
Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France
A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.
Paris, France
Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Paris, France
The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.
Paris, France
Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.
Paris, France
The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Paris, France
Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Sainte-Mère-Église, France
An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.
Fontainebleau, France
Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.