Places sordenson Wants to Go

See the nearly two-century-old ruins of pre-railroad America at the former site of a lock on the Ohio and Erie Canal.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

On a small island, a replica of a Finnish village from the Iron Age.

This abandoned urban warfare facility is a dream come true for airsoft and paintball enthusiasts.

An abandoned, deteriorating tuberculosis hospital from the turn of the 20th century.

A peat bog in southern Sweden provides a cozy and photogenic home for junked Volvos, Saabs, and the occasional American muscle car.

A Swedish university commemorates the former U.S. President’s bathroom visit with a gold plaque.

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

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

This tree was once used to calculate the decrease of the Baltic Sea.

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

A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.

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

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

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

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

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

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

There are hidden patterns on the subway seats of some Stockholm metro cars.

What looks like a birch tree smushed between two pieces of glass often confounds commuters.

An abandoned amusement park turned street art gallery with open walls for visitors to spray paint.

Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.