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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

This unique sculpture is often overlooked by pedestrians.

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

Small Easter eggs are hidden in the ventilation holes of the city's newest trains.

A heated statue pays tribute to one of Sweden's great actresses.

Hidden in plain sight, Sweden's official ordnance datum is now abandoned.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.