Køge, Denmark
Defiled Baptismal Font
This historical font became infamous after a maid was allegedly tricked into urinating in it, leading to her tragic death sentence.
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Køge, Denmark
This historical font became infamous after a maid was allegedly tricked into urinating in it, leading to her tragic death sentence.
Aalborg, Denmark
An underground museum of monks, bones, and medieval ruins.
Hasle, Denmark
Local legend says a monk brought Christianity to Bornholm through his sermons in a cave inside this free-standing rock.
Sønderborg, Denmark
This enchanting spring, steeped in local lore and a touch of royal history, was said to be the place where newborns were collected, rather than being delivered by storks.
Roskilde, Denmark
Local legend has it that the Devil's claw marks are etched into this distinctive rock.
Sorø, Denmark
A small artistic "graveyard" where clichéd expressions have been buried.
Roskilde, Denmark
According to legend, this is the burial place of a mythical three-legged death omen horse.
Rømø, Denmark
Danish whalers once brought back whale bones to use as building materials in places where wood was scarce.
Sakskobing, Denmark
It might look like just a pile of sticks—because it is. But there's a dark history to how this stack got its start.
Odder, Denmark
An abandoned bear enclosure from a 19th-century zoo located in a Danish forest.
Rønne, Denmark
A whimsical sculpture garden right out of a children's storybook.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Denmark’s ultra-modern library hides a treasury of rare, unique books.
Thyborøn, Denmark
A Danish fisherman spent 25 years covering nearly every inch of his home with tens of thousands of shells as a gift to his wife.
Odense, Denmark
The last Viking king of Denmark is buried inside the crypt of this cathedral.
Holmegaard, Denmark
The greatest amusement park in the world is wall-to-wall farting dogs, puking rats, and cows with exposed breasts for the whole family.
Ringkøbing, Denmark
Remnants of the Nazis' occupation of Denmark linger along the sand.
Skagen, Denmark
Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.
Jelling, Denmark
Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.
Skørping, Denmark
An old limestone mine transformed into a beautiful and unusual sculpture museum.
Bryrup, Denmark
The decaying remains of a 1960s mechanical wonderland that never officially closed.
Dronninglund, Denmark
This Danish castle is supposedly haunted by a woman too independent to not be a witch.
Hillerød, Denmark
This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.
Kastrup, Denmark
This ultra-modern wooden boardwalk turns the ocean into a swimming pool.
Esbjerg, Denmark
Four alabaster giants contemplate the tides on the shore of Denmark.