Places scienceballer Wants to Go

If there is one thing you don't want to be in Sweden during Christmas, it's a Yule Goat.

An ornate Thai pavilion in the middle of Sweden.

Winter roadtrips are a little more exciting on this seasonal, slippery expansion of Sweden's national highway system.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

In the town of Åtvidaberg, the midday sun sets off a loud cannon boom.

Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.

A palatial horse museum outside Shanghai is home to the most pampered horses in the world.

One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

One of only two places in the world where two rivers cross each other without the waters mixing.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.