An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.

Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

The last Oostende trawler to fish off Iceland is now a museum.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

This bunker in northern France was built by Nazi German forces with the intention of launching up to 50 V2 rockets at London each day.

Rediscovered in 1992, this abandoned medieval village once flourished by fishing and piracy.

A piece of the front end of a British cruiser that was used as a block ship in World War I.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.