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

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

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.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

The final resting place of one of the most important figures in the world of tea.

Learn local history while picking up groceries at this museum tucked inside a supermarket.

The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.