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The largest underground lake in Europe.

This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

World's largest permanent maze made of 18,000 conifers.

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

A centuries-old olive tree thrives in a small botanical garden.

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

A cuddly version of a dark mythological creature now acts as the mascot of a town.

Uppsala's adorable feline sign celebrates a popular children's book set in the Swedish city.

This collection of Dwarf beech trees were once believed to be enchanted trolls in disguise.

This fantastic cave remained unexplored until 1948 when three schoolboys discovered a hidden entrance.

If there is one thing you don't want to be in Sweden during Christmas, it's a Yule Goat.

A former hen house turned curiosity cabinet displays one man's lifelong fascination with cannibalism.

Hundreds of mossy stones engraved with bits of philosophy, literature and random musings.

A geological wonder that helped fuel myths of trolls and giants.

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.

A peat bog in southern Sweden provides a cozy and photogenic home for junked Volvos, Saabs, and the occasional American muscle car.

A museum dedicated to the history of psychiatric treatment featuring a gallery of art made by patients.