The headquarters of Korea’s provisional government later became the site of a prominent statesman's assassination.

A family of distorted sculptures stands outside Seoul's former imperial palace.

A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

The burial ground of two kings and a queen is now a calm city park in the middle of bustling Seoul.

The world's longest bridge fountain has hundreds of nozzles that create a beautiful, illuminated spectacle.

The toilet-shaped house of South Korea's sanitation pioneer is now a museum to the john.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

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

This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.

Once the world's most modern observatory, this building is now a private school.

An abstract representation of weather in Sweden.

The final resting place of the man whose name has become synonymous with greatness.

Sweden's largest optical telescope sits on a rooftop in Stockholm.

Enormous ants wielding giant pine needles guard a Stockholm real estate company's office.

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.

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

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

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

This unique sculpture is often overlooked by pedestrians.

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

The remains of Alfred Nobel's first nitroglycerine factory can still be found on the shores of a Swedish bay.

This hole formed by a glacier is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in Stockholm.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.