The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

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

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

The final resting place of one of the brightest physicists of the 20th century.

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

Just off the city’s central station hides a quaint lamp-lit alley into medieval Elsinore.

The shiny silver little brother to Copenhagen's Little Mermaid statue.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

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

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.