In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

This roundabout was renamed in honor of the Swedish king's royal fender-bender.

Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.

The remnants of a record-setting industrial bucket system can still be found dotting the Swedish countryside.

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

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Dedicated to the unsung history of human waste.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.