From buck blood to Theriak miracle tonic, this collection of Renaissance chemist's gear look's like a wizard's pantry.

This modernist tower was saved by a fraternity with a 500-year-old penchant for shooting at wooden parrots.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

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

One of Scandinavia's largest mosaics pays tribute to Danish art and science luminaries.

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

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

Located in the middle of public park, this cave built in the early 19th century houses an ancient stone sarcophagus.

These hilariously laughing bronze figures lampoon empty promises while encouraging civic engagement.

A distinctive former power plant turned university lecture hall looks like it could make you breakfast.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

Head to this repurposed Renault van for fiery sausages and fries.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

This extraordinary, multi-pillared monument depicts the fascinating history of Georgia.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.