Places Edited by tyler

Wooden cutouts of the fictional family from the popular Swedish comic strip take a stroll along the side of the road.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

A museum of co-operativism housed in the birthplace of the modern movement.

Get a close look at the gigantic remains of long-extinct mammoths.

Legend has it this historic port was a popular hideout and smuggling spot for pirates.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Archaeologists are still unraveling the secrets of the brutal massacre that wiped out this ancient fort.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.

The second-largest collection of runic calendar staffs in Sweden.

A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

Legends surround this natural rock formation that looks like a Moorish king wearing a crown.

Swim or sail to this pie-slinging boat off the coast of St. Thomas.

A giant interactive periodic table with real samples of the elements.

A sapling of the legendary tree where conquistador Hernán Cortés sat and wept after an Aztec uprising.

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.

Over a decade ago, painted penguins mysteriously appeared around Berwick-upon-Tweed for no apparent reason.

This glacier interpretation center houses the world’s only bar made completely from glacial ice.

This little gem in the Gulf of Riga has a very rich heritage and distinct culture.

This vintage gem is one of the oldest surviving purpose-built movie palaces in Scotland.

This ambiguous pig shrine is actually a monument to a beloved queen.

A plaque marks the humble origins of an artistic muse who embodied the ideals of Pre-Raphaelite beauty.

With former lives as a bomb shelter and government parking lot, this shop is one of China’s most extraordinary locales for book-lovers.