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Uppsala's adorable feline sign celebrates a popular children's book set in the Swedish city.

A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.

Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.

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

Glasgow's memorial to the International Brigade volunteers from Great Britain who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.

This ancient castle has been abandoned since the Edwardian conquest of Wales.

A Stockholm metro station is home to an escalator that is not only the longest in Sweden, but among the longest in the world.

Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.

One of the largest collections of carriages, buggies, and wagons in the world.

Sweden's southernmost prehistoric rock art is hidden just outside Gothenburg.

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

Unusually, this ancient Iron Age broch has never been excavated.

One of the tallest buildings in Africa provides a great view of Johannesburg's unique geography.

Decommissioned NYC subway cars are dumped into the ocean to create this underwater wildlife habitat.

Hidden in plain sight, Sweden's official ordnance datum is now abandoned.

Archaeologists are still unraveling the secrets of the brutal massacre that wiped out this ancient fort.

These eight mummies are the best-preserved human remains ever discovered in North America.

These quaint cottages feature built-in signaling devices for fishermen.

Accessible only by train, the beauty of Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park is worth the journey.