Antofagasta, Chile
Antofagasta Mountainside Messages
Instead of using billboards, some people here relay their messages on the side of a mountain.
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Antofagasta, Chile
Instead of using billboards, some people here relay their messages on the side of a mountain.
Stockholm, Sweden
Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.
Sweets
A small town is home to a beloved candy invented by one of Sweden's first female entrepreneurs.
Stockholm, Sweden
The three colorful women depict characters from a beloved children's story.
Stockholm, Sweden
Wooden cutouts of the fictional family from the popular Swedish comic strip take a stroll along the side of the road.
Stockholm, Sweden
A 12th-century church with a medieval fresco and an intriguing “Greek runestone.”
Naantali, Finland
A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.
Vimmerby, Sweden
A replica of the beloved character's house, modeled after the author's own drawings.
Paris, France
The tombstone of an unfortunate explorer who disappeared in the Paris Catacombs.
Uppsala, Sweden
The first thermometer made with the almost-universal temperature scale is backwards.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
An enormous Polaroid picture adds an artistic flair to Rotterdam.
Paris, France
A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
A giant floating rubber duck-bunny painted with a different design every year.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
From afar it looks like someone's hat blew into the water, but closer inspection reveals a giant floating sculpture.
Uppsala, Sweden
A rare rune stone dedicated to a woman.
Uppsala, Sweden
Legend has it this spring formed at the spot where a medieval Swedish king was killed.
Uppsala, Sweden
This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.
Uppsala, Sweden
The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.
Uppsala, Sweden
Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.
Uppsala, Sweden
The second-largest collection of runic calendar staffs in Sweden.
Uppsala, Sweden
A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.
Inari, Finland
This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.
Stockholm, Sweden
What looks like a birch tree smushed between two pieces of glass often confounds commuters.