Places alessandralee Wants to Go

This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.

One man's fascination with Turkey led to this backyard mini-city.

In the town of Åtvidaberg, the midday sun sets off a loud cannon boom.

The world’s largest knitted mitten is displayed in one of Sweden’s smallest Arctic villages.

From under the bed of one of the co-founders, this server helped launch the notorious file-sharing website.

From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.

Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.

Swedish mice can dine at the Nuts of Life restaurant or take a date to the amousement park.

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

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

Every Tuesday, students let off steam by screaming into the night air.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

An abandoned, deteriorating tuberculosis hospital from the turn of the 20th century.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

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

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

Gravity seems to fail at this intriguing Swedish attraction.

This small town's local tradition is to create the world's tallest ice pillar.

What looks like a birch tree smushed between two pieces of glass often confounds commuters.

The ruins of a monastery where Saint Bridget of Sweden had her revelations recorded.

Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.