A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

This secret Australian garden was built on love after a man planted a random bulb he found in the ocean.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

Uppsala's adorable feline sign celebrates a popular children's book set in the Swedish city.

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

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

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

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

A cuddly version of a dark mythological creature now acts as the mascot of a town.

The world's biggest version of the popular Swedish souvenir.

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

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

A reproduction of a mysteriously preserved body found in the 18th-century and put on display for years before burial.

A semi-sterile mutant birch that became Sweden's national tree.