Älvdalen S, Sweden
Old Tjikko
The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.
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Älvdalen S, Sweden
The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.
Älvdalen S, Sweden
Believed to be the country's tallest waterfall, the Njupeskär is actually much smaller.
Falun, Sweden
A centuries-old copper mine that once provided two thirds of the world's copper supply.
Mora, Sweden
The city that saw the birth of Sweden is now home to an impressive collection of work from its favorite artist.
Malmö, Sweden
This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.
Berlin, Germany
This sprawling stone mosaic on Berlin’s Museum Island transforms archaeological finds and local legends into a walkable work of art.
Berlin, Germany
A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.
Berlin, Germany
These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.
Berlin, Germany
Known simply as "The Hand," this famous public sculpture in Berlin was featured in a Depeche Mode music video.
Stockholm, Sweden
Celebrating the Swedish ship used in the first Arctic expedition to navigate through the Northeast Passage.
Berlin, Germany
A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.
Berlin, Germany
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
Berlin, Germany
A socialist building dedicated to teachers showcases one of the largest Soviet mosaics in the world.
Södermalm, Sweden
It was meant to help transport wounded soldiers to a secret underground hospital.
Funchal, Portugal
A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Paju, South Korea
A large visitor's complex and place of remembrance on the outskirts of the DMZ.
Paju, South Korea
The place nearest Seoul where it’s easy to get a good look at North Korea.
Busan, South Korea
The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.
Bangkok, Thailand
A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.
Vigo, Spain
Dedicated to one of the author's most iconic works.