Brištane, Croatia
Visovac Monastery
This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.
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Brištane, Croatia
This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.
Kupari, Croatia
The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.
Zagreb, Croatia
This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.
Podoštra, Croatia
Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.
Malinska, Croatia
This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Gargoyle head that brings good luck.
Malička, Croatia
This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.
Split, Croatia
A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.
Zagreb, Croatia
Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.
Zadar, Croatia
A musical instrument played by the sea.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Ulricehamn SV, Sweden
An abandoned, deteriorating tuberculosis hospital from the turn of the 20th century.
Malmö, Sweden
Swedish mice can dine at the Nuts of Life restaurant or take a date to the amousement park.
Helsingborg, Sweden
From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.
Bergdala, Sweden
The machines behind the famous handblown glass from Sweden's "Kingdom of Crystal."
Haninge C, Sweden
This secret facility trained seals for the Swedish navy during the Second World War.
Stockholm, Sweden
A 1:42 scale model of the world's second largest lensed telescope.
Luleå, Sweden
The world's first purpose-built indoor shopping mall opened in Sweden in 1955.
Stockholm, Sweden
A concrete Picasso in the middle of a student housing complex on the outskirts of Stockholm.
Stockholm, Sweden
A miniature model of the iconic Stockholm department store.
Stockholm, Sweden
Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.
Sundsvall, Sweden
A massive land art sculpture fills a green space once tarnished by a landfill.
Övertorneå N, Sweden
A Swedish town came up with an out-of-the-box way to eliminate the bloodthirsty insects.