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

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Artillery recovered from the sea floor marks the spot of an extraordinary shipwreck.

The original goat tower, the one that started it all.

Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.

This granite mountain is the largest rock in Africa and the second-largest monolith in the world.

Believed to be an execution site used by King Arthur after he was embarrassed.

The name Niarbyl means “the tail” and refers to the rocky formations that push out into the Irish Sea.

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.

Sculptures of dinosaurs, trolls, and other beasts carved with chainsaws guard Finland's largest arboretum.

This museum showcases the art of ancient sword-making.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.

The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.