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Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

What once claimed to be the world's tallest single-family wooden structure house.

A surreal pile of colorful junk fills a small yard in an otherwise gray neighborhood.

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

These limestone cliffs are associated with the Greek myth of Prometheus.

This cypress grove is a unique site considering these trees are not native to the region.

During the Soviet era, the medieval capital of Volga Bulgaria served as a substitute for Mecca.

A curated museum of wooden sculptures inhabits this Russian home.

An abandoned mansion is now a haven for urban explorers.

Is it an island or a volcano? That question probably explains why it's uninhabited.

Home of Vissarion, the "Jesus of Siberia."

The Uyghur settlement in the middle of a lake continues to raise questions.

These tiny cabins on a cableway have been carrying visitors at a Baltic resort down to the beach since 1912.

Volcanic irregularity? Odd erosion? Alien eggs? Local legends compete to explain these strange orbs.

Propped high atop the peak of Mount Gamsutlmeer, this abandoned village is one of the oldest settlements in the region.

A magnificent, Disneyesque chateau built for 150 lucky kindergarteners.

A self-taught Siberian craftsman creates a fantastical and personal design for his 19th century village house.

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

One of the most well-preserved mammoth specimens in the world.

Russian researchers who have been excavating ancient squirrel burrows may have brought a 32,000-year-old plant back to life.

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

An unusual abandoned church damaged in World War II sits in a small village outside Moscow.

Europe's highest peak is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.