This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.

This roundabout was renamed in honor of the Swedish king's royal fender-bender.

The lost American era of gunfighters, bandits, Indians and steam trains is recreated in Sweden.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.

It's always game time at Stockholm's only museum devoted solely to video games.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.