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

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

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

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

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

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

A breathtakingly steep set of stairs is carved directly into the face of the sea cliffs of Bonifacio.

A fantastical group of cliffside stairways, bridges, and twisting paths carved out of stone provide a surreal coastal hike.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

Cut into a sheer cliff face, these stairs are the only way to reach a secluded Scottish harbor.

These 4,444 wooden steps straight up a mountain were built to serve a hydroelectric power station but these days, they're mostly used by hikers.

A grueling 699-step stairway to a heavenly view of the island of Saint Helena.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.