The internet as provided by a James Bond villain.

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

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

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.

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

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

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

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

A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.

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

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.