An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

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

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

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

The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

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.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

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

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.

This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.