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

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.

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

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.

A steel paper plane is all that remains of a crashed aircraft that caused an amazingly small amount of damage.

The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

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

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

A former suicide bridge is now accumulating symbols of love instead of a body count.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

The pyramid and dome deep inside the Dzūkija forest are believed to channel divine energy.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

A unique museum dedicated to the famed Soviet director and other cinema greats.