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Stockholm, Sweden

R1 Nuclear Reactor

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.
jiblite Added by jiblite
Sala, Sweden

Little Istanbul

One man's fascination with Turkey led to this backyard mini-city.
hrnick Added by hrnick
Ruokolahti, Finland

Kummakivi Balancing Rock

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.
SamM Added by SamM
Hammarland, Finland

Märket Lighthouse

A long-disputed lighthouse built on the wrong side of a Finnish/Swedish island.
Alicia Bones Added by Alicia Bones
Gävle, Sweden

Where All Powerlines Meet

Only spot in the world where an HVDC powerline, a single phase AC and a three phase AC powerline all meet.
Älvkarleby S, Sweden

Dragon Gate

Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.
Added by Lilla Mu
Älvdalen S, Sweden

Old Tjikko

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.
Chris White Added by Chris White
Gildeskål, Norway

Noviken VLF Transmitter

Large military radio station without transmitting towers.
Added by Alpha
Brampton Bierlow, England

Needle's Eye

A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Roughlee, England

Alice Nutter Statue

This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.
chrisslater Added by chrisslater
Burnley, England

The Singing Ringing Tree

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.
Added by renakaba
Todmorden, England

Stoodley Pike Monument

A stone obelisk towering over the surrounding countrysides beckons hikers across the rolling moors.
YorkshireNed Added by YorkshireNed