A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

The traveling wares of Denmark's most famous author.

The largest caravanserai in Cyprus also includes amazing examples of Ottoman architecture.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

The site of a prison camp where Cypriot resistance fighters were held in the 1950s.

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

Danish observation tower designed to look like a giant beer bottle.

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

Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.

Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.

This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Legend has it that this large rock maze in Sweden was created as punishment by the daughter of a wealthy captain.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

This strange portrait of six ladies with chicken bodies commemorates a count's dirty habits.