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Snösätra.

Stockholm, Sweden

Snösätra Wall of Fame

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

Biathlon shooting range.

Viken, Sweden

MidSweden 365

A former top secret military tunnel is now stuffed with snow and open year-round to skiers.

Vilhelmina Ice Pole Sitting Contest.

Vilhelmina, Sweden

Wilhelmina Ice Pole Sitting Contest

Locals perched on icy thrones brave frigid temperatures during this bizarre winter tradition.

The House in the Loire.

Couëron, France

House in the Loire

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

Suite de triangles.

Saint-Nazaire, France

Suite de Triangles

These red marks, seemingly placed at random, are in fact not.

Villa cheminée with the chimneys of the power station in the background.

Bouée, France

Villa Cheminée

This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.

Stoosbahn.

Schwyz, Switzerland

Stoosbahn Funicular

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

R2-D2 in the Folimanka Park in Prague.

Prague, Czechia

R2-D2 of Prague

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

The monument and its surroundings.

Georgia

Russia–Georgia Friendship Monument

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

An abandoned building once used by the Säter psychiatric hospital.

Säter, Sweden

Säter Museum of Mental Health

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

The refinery at Oil Island.

Fagersta N, Sweden

Oil Island

Few would expect the world's oldest preserved oil refinery to be found in Sweden.

The Red Fiat of Osijek monument.

Osijek, Croatia

The Red Fićo

A tribute to an iconic act of defiance from the Croatian War of Independence involving a small car.

The Royal Waiting Hall.

Sweden

Royal Waiting Hall

Although rarely used, there is still a hidden room for the royal family at the Stockholm central station.

The mural featuring the woman with the Mona Lisa face.

Hrodna, Belarus

Mona Lisa of Grodno

The old fire station features a mural that has more to it than first meets the eye.

Tower in Batumi, Georgia

Batumi, Georgia

Batumi Tower Ferris Wheel

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

Jakriborg.

Hjärup, Sweden

Jakriborg

This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.

Oranki Art.

Pello, Finland

Oranki Art

A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.

The Kvarntorp Pile offers a spectacular view over the surrounding landscape.

Kvarntorp, Sweden

A Pile of Art

An eclectic sculpture park rises atop a giant pile of ashes in Sweden.

The Tartu Old Observatory

Tartu, Estonia

The Struve Geodetic Arc

A historic scientific breakthrough that crosses nine borders.

The competition has just started and the competitors are off!

Övertorneå N, Sweden

The Unofficial Mosquito-Catching World Championship

A Swedish town came up with an out-of-the-box way to eliminate the bloodthirsty insects.

Gaddafi Canal

Gourma Rharous, Mali

Gaddafi Canal

Muammar Gaddafi's well-intentioned investment in his favorite city turned out to be a nightmare.

On the Way.

Sweden

On the Way

Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.

The trees were groomed over the years to be remarkably straight and tall.

Jönköping N, Sweden

Visingsö Oak Forest

A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.

Raëlian UFO Peace Park

Pāhoa, Hawaii

Raëlian UFO Peace Park

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

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