Prypiat, Ukraine
Prypiat Amusement Park
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
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Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Klevan, Ukraine
This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Bern, Switzerland
Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.
Schattenhalb, Switzerland
The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.
Meyrin, Switzerland
Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
Beatenberg, Switzerland
Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.
Ennetbürgen, Switzerland
The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.
Neuheim, Switzerland
These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Växjö, Sweden
The dome-shaped reservoir of this old water tower produces unique acoustic effects.
Linköping, Sweden
For a couple of months each year this Swedish city turns into a festive neon phantasmagoria.
Linköping, Sweden
From under the bed of one of the co-founders, this server helped launch the notorious file-sharing website.
Stockholm, Sweden
The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.
Ystad, Sweden
According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.
Malmö, Sweden
Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.
Ödeshög, Sweden
This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.
Malmö, Sweden
This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Malmö, Sweden
20-foot tall lamp mumbles Swedish to celebrate the holidays.
Sweden
Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.
Stockholm, Sweden
This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.
Kiruna, Sweden
The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.
Stockholm, Sweden
The world's largest model of our planetary system.