Gävle, Sweden
Where All Powerlines Meet
Only spot in the world where an HVDC powerline, a single phase AC and a three phase AC powerline all meet.
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Gävle, Sweden
Only spot in the world where an HVDC powerline, a single phase AC and a three phase AC powerline all meet.
Älvkarleby S, Sweden
Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.
Hjärup, Sweden
This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.
Fagersta N, Sweden
Few would expect the world's oldest preserved oil refinery to be found in Sweden.
Gothenburg, Sweden
There are no crying babies in this neck of the woods.
Borås, Sweden
A colossal strolling Pinocchio that was greeted with more outrage than whimsy.
Forsby, Sweden
The remnants of a record-setting industrial bucket system can still be found dotting the Swedish countryside.
Gränna, Sweden
The trailblazing Swedish businesswoman created a beloved minty candy called polkagris.
Lund, Sweden
Home to 200 plaster casts of Scandinavian proboscises.
Stockholm, Sweden
A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.
Madrid, Spain
One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.
Porto do Son, Spain
Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.
Murcia, Spain
Haunted tuberculosis hospital built by the patients.
Nuévalos, Spain
12th-century holy complex shares land with a natural park full of heavenly waterfalls and raptors.
Sanlúcar la Mayor, Spain
Spain's stunning solar energy plant.
Cuenca, Spain
Geological storytelling.
Cartagena, Spain
An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.
Asturias, Spain
An abandoned Indian-inspired mansion.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.
Tinajo, Spain
Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.
Los Santos de Maimona, Spain
A Spanish artist builds his own castle.
Terrassa, Spain
This chest hospital with a dark, haunted past serves as a fitting set for horror films and a paradise for ghost hunters.
Salamanca, Spain
The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.
Valencia, Spain
Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.