Places jvanbeeck Wants to Go

A centuries-old iron mine is now a paradise for explorers, divers, and spelunkers.

From under the bed of one of the co-founders, this server helped launch the notorious file-sharing website.

One man's fascination with Turkey led to this backyard mini-city.

This pyramid in southern Sweden houses the remains of an eccentric nobleman, who spent his life doing whatever he felt like doing.

The charming storybook building now houses a small police museum.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

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

The place to be if you love vintage Swedish cars.

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

Visit the home of Sweden's beloved fictional character, Pippi Longstocking.

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking came to life.

The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.