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

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

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

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

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

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

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

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

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

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

A 100-year-old chair with joints "cemented by nature."

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.