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Venice, Italy

Torcello

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.
Added by mgtd1953
Venice, Italy

Torcello Bell Tower

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.
Added by mpwestfall
Venice, Italy

Church of San Giacomo di Rialto

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.
StepYoshi Added by StepYoshi
Pisa, Italy

The Camposanto

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.
Added by Jamee
Venice, Italy

Attila's Throne

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.
StepYoshi Added by StepYoshi
Venice, Italy

Scala Contarini del Bovolo

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.
matthiasheinrich Added by matthiasheinrich
Malmö, Sweden

Grand Circus Hotel

At this bohemian accommodation, guests who dream of joining the circus can spend the night in themed wagons.
Johan SWE Added by Johan SWE
Älvkarleby S, Sweden

Dragon Gate

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

Lyhdynkantajat (The Lantern Bearers)

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Visby, Sweden

The Maiden's Tower

Known locally as the Jungfrutornet, this Medieval tower hides a dark legend.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm Metro Red Line Seats

There are hidden patterns on the subway seats of some Stockholm metro cars.
Added by fredengren
Visby, Sweden

Sankt Göransporten Arrow Slit

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

Spillings Hoard

Buried beneath an unassuming Gotland farm was the largest collection of Viking silver, mostly of Islamic origin.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Visby, Sweden

Trojaborg

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

Tjelvar's Grave

A Bronze Age stone ship said to be the grave of the mythical founder of Gotland.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Gnisvärd, Sweden

Gnisvärd Stone Ships

Ancient stone graves shaped like ships provided a Viking-like burial to carry the dead to the afterlife.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Kneippen, Sweden

Villa Villekulla

Visit the home of Sweden's beloved fictional character, Pippi Longstocking.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Stockholm, Sweden

Artipelag

This Stockholm art museum integrates many of its pieces into the surrounding outdoor areas and natural landscape.
Added by sigrid
Avesta, Sweden

Dalahästen

The world's biggest version of the popular Swedish souvenir.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Avesta, Sweden

Mörksugga Statue

A cuddly version of a dark mythological creature now acts as the mascot of a town.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Gävle, Sweden

Gävlebocken

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

Aifur

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Stockholm, Sweden

Bistro Nobel Signed Chairs

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.
hrnick Added by hrnick
Baskarp, Sweden

Falks Grav

The final resting place of a young stagecoach robber who refused mercy.
Johan SWE Added by Johan SWE