Places 85wombats Wants to Go

A Stockholm metro station is home to an escalator that is not only the longest in Sweden, but among the longest in the world.

This small museum nestled inside a souvenir shop is dedicated to Sweden's most well-known toy.

An 11th-century runestone decorates the halls of Terminal 2 of this Scandinavian travel hub.

Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.

The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.

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

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.

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

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

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.

The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.

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

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

The remains of Alfred Nobel's first nitroglycerine factory can still be found on the shores of a Swedish bay.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.