Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

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

What looks like a birch tree smushed between two pieces of glass often confounds commuters.

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.

The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.

Every Tuesday, students let off steam by screaming into the night air.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

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

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

A concrete Picasso in the middle of a student housing complex on the outskirts of Stockholm.

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

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

A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.