When a conglomerate of visionary startups commandeer a disused Greek Orthodox Church, zaniness ensues.

On Nobel Street, a miniature statue of Alfred Nobel.

A response to the wrongly placed meridian of the same name.

This Stockholm art museum integrates many of its pieces into the surrounding outdoor areas and natural landscape.

Absolutely no saxophones in the library.

A statue that stood at the center of a long copyright battle.

A prehistoric geological oddity tucked behind Stockholm's natural history museum.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

It's always game time at Stockholm's only museum devoted solely to video games.

The composer known as the "Swedish Mozart" arranged to be buried in an unusual spot.

The 19th-century home of Count and Countess von Hallwyl is now a museum.

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

Stuck in the arcade of Casa Isolani are three arrows of mysterious origins.

A beloved local artist has been honored with this statue of a man emerging from a toilet.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

Rub it for a bit of good luck.