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

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

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.

Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.

A model memorial to the original Odin Tower, the second highest tower in Europe before it was sabotaged by Danish Nazis.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

Legend says this sculpture commemorates a brave baker who rescued the city in the Thirty Years' War.

According to legend a man pooped out the window of this tower to prove that it was straight.

The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.