This unique sculpture proved invaluable when it saved a train from careening off the tracks.

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

Small Easter eggs are hidden in the ventilation holes of the city's newest trains.

Believed to be the country's tallest waterfall, the Njupeskär is actually much smaller.

This tiny Swedish troll protects the land and all who wander within it.

Gravity seems to fail at this intriguing Swedish attraction.

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

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

This Dalecarlian horse is about the size of a pinhead.

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

Home to 200 plaster casts of Scandinavian proboscises.

These airport hangars are now a bustling shopping center with only hints of its past still lingering.

These two springs are tied to several legends, one of which involves the travels of Saint Olof.

These unique stained glass windows were designed by local children using a modern flair.

This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

A response to the wrongly placed meridian of the same name.

A collection of trees from various corners of the world call Stockholm University home.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

These ancient rune stones plucked from the countryside now call this university park home.

The indecision over what to place in this square was immortalized with a plaque.

Sweden's southernmost point is located in this charming fishing village.

These Bronze Age rock carvings are among the oldest in the region.

A living descendant of the famous tree that helped Isaac Newton develop the theory of gravity.

The world's only above water sand volcano, believed to once be the bathtub of a priest.