Remnants of the Nazis' occupation of Denmark linger along the sand.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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

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

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.

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

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

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

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

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

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.

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

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

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

An unassuming Swiss institution houses Europe's largest toy museum.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.