Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.

An old Danish political institution where members of government can grab a drink off the record.

The oldest amusement park in the world has been providing a nice spot to have some fun since the 1500s.

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

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

The remains of the observatory of the Danish astronomer who first measured the speed of light.

The first hospital in the New World.

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

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

Site of the first radio and telephone broadcasting companies in Copenhagen.

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

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

The only surviving piece of Copenhagen's 16th-century defensive wall.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

This ultra-modern wooden boardwalk turns the ocean into a swimming pool.

The Okefenokee Swamp houses this "incredibobble" tribute to the creator of America’s favorite cartoon possum.