Did he come up with a theory of cosmic-ray showers while sitting in this bath?

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

An "evil painter" included pointed symbols in this artwork to poke fun at members of the Danish Parliament.

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

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Long before ultrasounds and modern testing, medical specimens like these conjoined twins helped physicians learn about congenital anomalies.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

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

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

A statue of Paulina Hermann, the eccentric noblewoman known as the "mother of cats."

This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.

This 15th-century church houses priceless works of art from a range of Croatian artists.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

The largest manmade caves in Europe now function as a motorbike club's headquarters.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.