These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

This Danish art forest places loud works of contemporary art among the pensive silence of nature.

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

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.

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

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

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

Berlin's old airport.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.