A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

This trio of stone spires claims to be the only preserved medieval execution site in Europe.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

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

Ancient stone graves shaped like ships provided a Viking-like burial to carry the dead to the afterlife.

Visit the home of Sweden's beloved fictional character, Pippi Longstocking.

This fantastic cave remained unexplored until 1948 when three schoolboys discovered a hidden entrance.

A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.

Known locally as the Jungfrutornet, this Medieval tower hides a dark legend.

Legend has it that this large rock maze in Sweden was created as punishment by the daughter of a wealthy captain.

A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.

Legend has it this spring formed at the spot where a medieval Swedish king was killed.

Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.