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An exhibition of preserved locomotives housed in a 1950s depot shows the history of Denmark's railway.

The last Viking king of Denmark is buried inside the crypt of this cathedral.

This museum is a portal to 20th-century Denmark.

This risqué sculpture, based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, caused outrage 35 years after it was erected.

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

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

This bridge's unique architecture honors nautical heritage and encourages self-awareness.

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

An "evil painter" included pointed symbols in this artwork to poke fun at members of the Danish Parliament.

The house where a Danish physicist discovered the connection between electricity and magnetism.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

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

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

The final resting place of one of Germany's most accomplished Renaissance men.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

An ornate sculpture of an ox in repose marks the former entrance to Nuremberg's medieval meat market, which was destroyed during World War II.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.