For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

The lost American era of gunfighters, bandits, Indians and steam trains is recreated in Sweden.

An ornate Thai pavilion in the middle of Sweden.

A botched 18th-century canal silenced one of Sweden's most magnificent waterfalls.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

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

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

A long-disputed lighthouse built on the wrong side of a Finnish/Swedish island.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

Early habitat dioramas and home of the elusive gaff, the skvader.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

The remains of Alfred Nobel's first nitroglycerine factory can still be found on the shores of a Swedish bay.

This wonky bit of historical taxidermy is experiencing a second life online.