Places dbert Wants to Go

The concrete skeletons of an abandoned Swedish town hide among the trees.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

A water reservoir disguised as a castle stands atop a hill in a park in Stockholm city.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.

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

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

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

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.

This stone once marked the boundaries of Liverpool's medieval markets.

Charles Dickens described the concert room in this amazing Victorian hall as "the most perfect room in the world."

Pyramid shaped monument with a tall tale attached.

17th century puritan church with connections to the Salem Witch Trials.

A rocky outcrop where monks hid their most holy relic while escaping Danish invaders.

The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.