One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

This small stone chapel is a hidden gem just outside the University of New Hampshire campus.

The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.

Stone Age solar temple is aligned with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

This gem from the industrial age helps visitors and residents alike traverse hilly Stockholm.

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

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

Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

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

Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

A modern, secular take on a traditional Virgin Mary motif.

This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.

This poignant sculpture of a gnarled weapon is a symbol of non-violence.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.