Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Hotel designed by indie graphics artists.

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

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

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

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

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

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

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

A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.

It's always game time at Stockholm's only museum devoted solely to video games.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.