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.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.