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

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

This tree was warped centuries ago to serve as a botanical wayfaring tool.

Research station devoted to mysterious floating lights seen in a Norwegian valley.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

This lonely rock along a gravel road outside of the southern Swedish village of Eksjö reminds us of a dark chapter in Swedish post-war history.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

A plaque on this tiny Swedish island commemorates an unusual Cold War standoff of Soviet submarine intrigue.

Hidden in plain sight, Sweden's official ordnance datum is now abandoned.

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking came to life.

Early habitat dioramas and home of the elusive gaff, the skvader.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.