This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This pyramid in southern Sweden houses the remains of an eccentric nobleman, who spent his life doing whatever he felt like doing.

This simple roadside art installation ended up sparking a folk art movement and a controversy of international proportions.

The ruins of a monastery where Saint Bridget of Sweden had her revelations recorded.

Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.

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

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

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

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

The remnants of a record-setting industrial bucket system can still be found dotting the Swedish countryside.

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

An eclectic sculpture park rises atop a giant pile of ashes in Sweden.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

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

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

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

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

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