A Bohemian "anti-hotel" offers off-kilter stays in Sri Lanka.

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

A roadside statue store in rural Minnesota with quirky displays.

An unconventional and naturalistic sculpture depicting the artist marking his territory on an exterior faculty wall.

A former smithy turned cultural hub with the capital's largest mural space.

Did he come up with a theory of cosmic-ray showers while sitting in this bath?

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

Traditional Danish spot where the schnapps are flowing and the smørrebrød is loaded.

The final resting place of one of the brightest physicists of the 20th century.

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

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

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

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

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

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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