The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

This small museum once served as a royal hunting pavilion for King Otto Friedrich Ludwig.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

This small chapel holds the mummified heart of one of the heroes of the Greek Revolution.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

Since 1969, this restaurant has served up dishes typical of Istanbul's Greek diaspora.

Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.

Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

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

An unconventional and naturalistic sculpture depicting the artist marking his territory on an exterior faculty wall.

A former smithy turned cultural hub with the capital's largest mural space.

Danish observation tower designed to look like a giant beer bottle.

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

Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.

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

Traditional Danish spot where the schnapps are flowing and the smørrebrød is loaded.

Denmark’s oldest bakery is home to the 'Wednesday Snail,' one of the best cinnamon rolls on the planet.