The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.

This contemplative sculpture made out of old machine parts is meant to be the first in a series of sculptures around the world.

Site of the first radio and telephone broadcasting companies in Copenhagen.

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

This sculptural representation of an Andersen fairy tale had to be pushed away for being too grim.

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

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

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

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

Copenhagen's "other" little mermaid marks the historic location of past sea maid sightings.

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

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

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.