Barcelona, Spain
La Carbonería
One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.
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Barcelona, Spain
One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.
Barcelona, Spain
A former steam-powered mill from the 1800s is now an industrial park with a giant steel dragon slide.
Sveg, Sweden
This massive Trojan ursine was built to be a new tourist symbol for a small Swedish town.
Stockholm, Sweden
A steel paper plane is all that remains of a crashed aircraft that caused an amazingly small amount of damage.
Pajala N, Sweden
The world’s largest knitted mitten is displayed in one of Sweden’s smallest Arctic villages.
Gothenburg, Sweden
A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.
Säter, Sweden
A museum dedicated to the history of psychiatric treatment featuring a gallery of art made by patients.
Gislövshammar, Sweden
These mysterious circular formations are actually remnants of 19th century gristmills.
Stockholm, Sweden
The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.
Sweden
Although rarely used, there is still a hidden room for the royal family at the Stockholm central station.
Stockholm, Sweden
This giant crucifix is like U2's Joshua Tree for Swedish death metal fans.
Kvarntorp, Sweden
An eclectic sculpture park rises atop a giant pile of ashes in Sweden.
Gothenburg, Sweden
The charming storybook building now houses a small police museum.
Skellefteå, Sweden
This little gallery is devoted to one small town's passion for a very special cheese.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.
Varberg, Sweden
Take a schvitz just like an infamous Soviet dictator while his unblinking eye looks on.
Sala, Sweden
One man's fascination with Turkey led to this backyard mini-city.
Hammarland, Finland
A long-disputed lighthouse built on the wrong side of a Finnish/Swedish island.
Pol. Ind. de Asipo, Spain
This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."
Madrid, Spain
Earth's rocky history has rarely glittered so brightly as it does in this Spanish museum.
A Coruña, Spain
Giant granite sculptures representing family on the northern coast of Spain.
Vilaplana, Spain
Now a pile of ruins and rubble, this was a lovely mountain town as recently as 1960.
Jaca, Spain
This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.
Barcelona, Spain
A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.