Copenhagen, Denmark
'Trold, der vejrer kristenblod' ('Troll, which Sniffs Out Christian Blood')
Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Denmark’s oldest bakery is home to the 'Wednesday Snail,' one of the best cinnamon rolls on the planet.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's "other" little mermaid marks the historic location of past sea maid sightings.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This sculptural representation of an Andersen fairy tale had to be pushed away for being too grim.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.
Copenhagen, Denmark
An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.
Rome, Italy
A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.
London, England
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
London, England
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
A student driver's nightmare.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.
London, England
A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.
London, England
One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.
London, England
Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.
London, England
A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.
London, England
An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.
London, England
A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.
London, England
No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.