Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

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.

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

Long before ultrasounds and modern testing, medical specimens like these conjoined twins helped physicians learn about congenital anomalies.

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

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

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

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

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

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.

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

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

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

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

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Built by George III to observe the transit of Venus, this Georgian gem is a unique survivor in the Arcadian landscape of Richmond upon Thames.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

Likely the first car with an internal combustion engine constructed in the United Kingdom.