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Tomato Industrial Museum

Vlychada, Greece

Tomato Industrial Museum

A former factory serves as a shrine to the industry that sustained Santorini for decades.

Frangokastello Castle.

Frangokastello, Greece

Frangokastello Castle

Every spring, locals see the shadowy figures of a ghost army of slain Greek soldiers descend upon this ruined fort.

Phaistos Disc

Heraklion, Greece

Phaistos Disc

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

The ruins of Knossos.

Heraklion, Greece

Knossos

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

Abandoned oil rigs.

Invergordon, Scotland

Oil Rig Graveyard

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

The Burning of the Clavie

Burghead, Scotland

The Burning of the Clavie

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

Bathed in sunlight.

Glenfinnan, Scotland

Glenfinnan Viaduct

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

The south face of Ben Nevis

Polldubh, Scotland

Ben Nevis

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

El Caganer

Barcelona, Spain

El Caganer

A fantastic Christmas tradition where defecation meets the manger.

Fox Hotel in Copenhagen
Permanently Closed

Copenhagen, Denmark

Fox Hotel in Copenhagen

Hotel designed by indie graphics artists.

Picture of modern-day Laksegade.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Laksegade

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

An anti-war comment on Goebbels' "Total War" speech.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Wehrmacht Graffiti

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

The front of the World Clock

Copenhagen, Denmark

Jens Olsen's World Clock

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

"Pusher Street" in 2007, after eviction of the hash stands. A "no photo sign" remains. The hash stands have since returned. (Wikimedia Commons)

Copenhagen, Denmark

Freetown Christiania

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Superkilen

Copenhagen, Denmark

Superkilen

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

The Blue Planet

Kastrup, Denmark

The Blue Planet

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

Kamppi Chapel

Helsinki, Finland

Kamppi Chapel

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

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