A Stockholm metro station is home to an escalator that is not only the longest in Sweden, but among the longest in the world.

This spa shower is an interactive art piece that reflects the feeling of Scandinavian seasons.

This Viking Age memorial contains the oldest known image of a Täby resident.

This strange portrait of six ladies with chicken bodies commemorates a count's dirty habits.

An entire shopping mall and industrial terrain named for the time the king of Sweden's car went into a ditch.

This wonky bit of historical taxidermy is experiencing a second life online.

Several petroglyphs are all that remain of an ancient pyramid.

The oldest Marian image in the Canary Islands still impresses people nearly half a millennium later.

A well drilled into the side of a cliff supplies most of the water consumed on the island of El Hierro.

An abstract representation of weather in Sweden.

An untouched lava tube accessible to the adventurers.

Windswept juniper trees resemble surrealistic artwork, however, this juniper is actually a work of art.

Behind this pair of dragon trees, there is a tragic story of lost love.

A large collection of solar and night-time telescopes dot a small area on the Teide mountain range.

Teeny tiny hotel on the coast of the Canary Islands.

This Canary island is a quintessential example of nature’s beauty, and its unbridled fury.

An open-air museum showing how people on El Hierro lived from the time of the first settlers until the late 20th century.

The 19th-century home of Count and Countess von Hallwyl is now a museum.

A statue that stood at the center of a long copyright battle.

A medieval church that contains murals from famed artist Albertus Pictor.

The fastest way to send a message before electricity was invented.

These lights mark the area of Rotterdam that was bombed and burned in 1940.

This unique sculpture is often overlooked by pedestrians.

A museum-like shop that has been producing clogs, brushes, and ropes for nearly 200 years.