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

A memorial to a Swedish hockey player's "encounter" with aliens.

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

The dome-shaped reservoir of this old water tower produces unique acoustic effects.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.

Take a schvitz just like an infamous Soviet dictator while his unblinking eye looks on.

A Very Low Frequency transmitter you can tune in on your PC.

Hundreds of mossy stones engraved with bits of philosophy, literature and random musings.

Sweden's southernmost prehistoric rock art is hidden just outside Gothenburg.

This castle ruin in the middle of nowhere is a gem for wildlife enthusiasts.

There are no crying babies in this neck of the woods.

The charming storybook building now houses a small police museum.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

Dedicated to a song so popular the request to "Play Shoreline" became part of Swedish culture.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

The world's biggest floating museum in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.

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

A colossal strolling Pinocchio that was greeted with more outrage than whimsy.

These miniature works of art are hiding in plain sight on buildings around the city.

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