An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

Located in an old church, this brewery produces a different kind of holy water.

When a conglomerate of visionary startups commandeer a disused Greek Orthodox Church, zaniness ensues.

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

Sweden's largest optical telescope sits on a rooftop in Stockholm.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

A traveling Bronze Age sacrificial stone that was used to honor elves, fairies, and other woodland spirits.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

Uppsala's adorable feline sign celebrates a popular children's book set in the Swedish city.

The fastest way to send a message before electricity was invented.

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

A statue of the heroic plumber stands outside a company that bluffed its way into being Nintendo's Scandinavian distributor.

The ruins of a monastery where Saint Bridget of Sweden had her revelations recorded.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.

3D war panorama in Damascus built with help from North Korea.

Just another terrifying garden filled with hundreds of endlessly smiling doll people.

Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.

The door to the museum holds a unique artifact from the Finnish Civil War.

This abandoned villa of makeshift buildings was once the home of dancer Elis Sinistö.

Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.