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

Inside the world's largest seed bank, WWII botanists elected to starve to death rather than compromise their collection.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

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.

A museum filled with tiny, adorable versions of the mighty Royal Danish Navy.

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

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

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

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

The remains of Alfred Nobel's first nitroglycerine factory can still be found on the shores of a Swedish bay.

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.

A steel paper plane is all that remains of a crashed aircraft that caused an amazingly small amount of damage.

The internet as provided by a James Bond villain.

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.