Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking came to life.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

The beloved war-time celebrity spent time in the area before retiring to the Edinburgh Zoo.

This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.