Longyearbyen, Norway
Svalbard Bryggeri
The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.
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Longyearbyen, Norway
The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.
Sweden
A competition inspired by Stephen King's psychological horror novel "The Long Walk."
Stockholm, Sweden
An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.
Havana, Cuba
Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.
Haninge C, Sweden
This secret facility trained seals for the Swedish navy during the Second World War.
Brännaberget, Sweden
This abandoned Swedish folkpark offers an amazing view over the town of Överkalix.
Helsinki, Finland
This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.
Playa Girón, Cuba
A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.
Stockholm, Sweden
Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.
Viken, Sweden
A former top secret military tunnel is now stuffed with snow and open year-round to skiers.
Östersund V, Sweden
Winter roadtrips are a little more exciting on this seasonal, slippery expansion of Sweden's national highway system.
Ragunda, Sweden
Said to be one of Sweden's most haunted places, this vicarage once even attracted a ghost-busting priest.
Vilhelmina, Sweden
Locals perched on icy thrones brave frigid temperatures during this bizarre winter tradition.
Gothenburg, Sweden
A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.
Gothenburg, Sweden
The charming storybook building now houses a small police museum.
Gothenburg, Sweden
The place to be if you love vintage Swedish cars.
Couëron, France
The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.
Bouée, France
This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.
Saint-Nazaire, France
These red marks, seemingly placed at random, are in fact not.
Nantes, France
Home to the "Rat King" of Nantes and other wonders of the natural world.
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France
An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.
Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France
Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.
Stockholm, Sweden
Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.
Prague, Czechia
Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.