This mid-19th-century dugout was once home to a Swedish family as they erected their homestead.

In the heart of Little Sweden USA, a small gallery and museum pays tribute to a Swedish-born artist who fell in love with the American landscape.

A unique blue and yellow phone booth in America's "Little Sweden."

This historic early-20th-century building still boasts some of its original features.

This century-old painting of a portly 10-foot-tall man spent years hidden behind plaster.

Over 30 brightly painted Dala horses roam through ‘Little Sweden.’

The oldest house in Lindsborg, Kansas, includes some fascinating inscriptions.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This ancient spring in central London was featured in a Peter Pan story.

Two tombstones associated with the much-beloved children's story.

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

One of Amsterdam’s most popular cultural and recreational complexes is on the site of a former gas works.

A museum dedicated to the history of the diamond trade in the Netherlands.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.