An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

It's said that this stone with its mysterious runic inscription is evidence of the Norse visiting Narragansett.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

A stone marker dedicated to the “Father of American Education.”

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

In a Connecticut park, a statue pays tribute to the Indigenous people of this land.

A monolith replica monument of Jean Ribault commemorating the landing of the French in the New World.

A charming monument to a very special dog.

The art deco colossus played a role in war and medicine aside from hosting the iconic Louisiana Hayride.

One of the largest collections of intact Victorian-era waterworks equipment in the world.

This disputed feline sculpture is Sweden's first MeToo monument.

The site of Stockholm's last public execution.

A sculpture of three large candles in the middle of the water of the river Smedjeån.

A centuries-old olive tree thrives in a small botanical garden.

An unassuming plaque with a laminated poster shows the names of people who completed one of the most grueling journeys in Sweden.

The signatures of esteemed colleagues of the physicists who stopped by to attend lectures.

The final resting place of a young stagecoach robber who refused mercy.

A few crumbling buildings and the occasional pipe sticking out of the ground are all that remains of the largest refugee camp in Sweden during World War II.

This lonely rock along a gravel road outside of the southern Swedish village of Eksjö reminds us of a dark chapter in Swedish post-war history.

A collection of birches from across Sweden.

An entire shopping mall and industrial terrain named for the time the king of Sweden's car went into a ditch.

Some clocks inside this museum are more than 500 years old.

Not far from where one of the most famous Swedes of all time is buried, an infamous man was put to rest.