There once was a man named Lear / Who found limericks so dear / His final resting space / Is an unusual place / Most people don’t know he’s here.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

This small town's local tradition is to create the world's tallest ice pillar.

Believed to be the country's tallest waterfall, the Njupeskär is actually much smaller.

Gravity seems to fail at this intriguing Swedish attraction.

This massive Trojan ursine was built to be a new tourist symbol for a small Swedish town.

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

An ornate Thai pavilion in the middle of Sweden.

The city that saw the birth of Sweden is now home to an impressive collection of work from its favorite artist.

A centuries-old copper mine that once provided two thirds of the world's copper supply.

A museum dedicated to the history of psychiatric treatment featuring a gallery of art made by patients.

If there is one thing you don't want to be in Sweden during Christmas, it's a Yule Goat.

This roundabout was renamed in honor of the Swedish king's royal fender-bender.

Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.

One man's fascination with Turkey led to this backyard mini-city.

A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.

The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.

Sweden's oldest street has not changed for nearly a millennium.

An entire shopping mall and industrial terrain named for the time the king of Sweden's car went into a ditch.

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

These airport hangars are now a bustling shopping center with only hints of its past still lingering.