Cologny, Switzerland
Villa Diodati
Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.
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Cologny, Switzerland
Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.
Bourg-en-Lavaux, Switzerland
Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.
Geneva, Switzerland
Walk through a restaurant's refrigerator door to reach this hidden bar.
Schattenhalb, Switzerland
The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.
Andermatt, Switzerland
A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.
Västerås SO, Sweden
This museum of Viking vessels allows visitors to take a replica out for a spin.
Öjebyn, Sweden
A tiny village is home to the world's only diner completely devoted to the many varieties of traditional Swedish dumplings.
Ekerö V, Sweden
The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.
Viken, Sweden
A former top secret military tunnel is now stuffed with snow and open year-round to skiers.
Sigtuna, Sweden
Sweden's oldest street has not changed for nearly a millennium.
Åkraberg, Sweden
Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.
Borgholm N, Sweden
An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.
Tanumshede, Sweden
Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.
Sala, Sweden
This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.
Stockholm, Sweden
Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.
Stockholm, Sweden
Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.
Gothenburg, Sweden
One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.
Stockholm, Sweden
A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.
Borgholm, Sweden
Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.
Stockholm, Sweden
Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.
Skinnskatteberg, Sweden
Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.
Kiruna, Sweden
The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.
Boden N, Sweden
A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.
La Palma, Spain
The four-story mural is the centerpiece of a lavish hotel's lush atrium.