Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

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.

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

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

Visitors are treated to a stained glass kaleidoscope interior inside this work of art.

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.

An old Danish political institution where members of government can grab a drink off the record.

An "evil painter" included pointed symbols in this artwork to poke fun at members of the Danish Parliament.

A little-known cafe in an old copper bridge tower with 360-degree views of the harbor.

This bridge's unique architecture honors nautical heritage and encourages self-awareness.

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.

Site of the first radio and telephone broadcasting companies in Copenhagen.

The house where a Danish physicist discovered the connection between electricity and magnetism.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

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

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.