Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

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

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

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

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

Six beautiful wooden giants are hidden around Copenhagen.

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

This marker commemorates a long-lasting historical haunting and demonic possession that led to one of Denmark's worst witch trials.

An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.

Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.

Considered one of the most haunted places in Europe, this 800-year-old castle was home to noble prisoners.

Germany's last remaining Lenin statue has become a lightning rod of debate about the country's divided past.

The place to be if you love vintage Swedish cars.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.

The standard measure of Lagom, a measure of what is enough.

The indecision over what to place in this square was immortalized with a plaque.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

The marker that allows students all over the world to be late for class.

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

A failed attempt to control drifting sands yielded a gnarled sylvan wonderland.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.