For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Dine on Hungarian-Jewish dishes at this multigenerational, family-run institution.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

Feast on Middle Eastern mezze from an Israeli expat duo.

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

Artist Natividad Sánchez wrote a new ending for one of Roman mythology's tragic love stories.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

20-foot tall lamp mumbles Swedish to celebrate the holidays.

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

This poignant sculpture of a gnarled weapon is a symbol of non-violence.