The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

Four alabaster giants contemplate the tides on the shore of Denmark.

Danish whalers once brought back whale bones to use as building materials in places where wood was scarce.

On a stretch of Danish coast known as "Cold Hawaii," this fishing village has become a surfing town.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.

An unassuming Swiss institution houses Europe's largest toy museum.

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.

The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Island wonderland for communist autocrats.

The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.

A Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.