One of the world's first dedicated bank buildings in the world is now the oldest one.

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

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

A wooden street sign is the last remnant of this 400-year-old alleyway.

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

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.

This millstone commemorates a gruesome tale that may have been the source of the city's name.

This bronze marker acknowledges an embarrassing royal blunder.

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

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

The trailblazing Swedish businesswoman created a beloved minty candy called polkagris.

This statue and park honor the Swedish chemist Jacob Berzelius, one of the founders of modern chemistry.

A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

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

A museum that dives into Sweden’s maritime past through preserved shipwrecks and interactive exhibits.

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

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

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

A concrete mushroom that divided Stockholm residents for nearly a century.

This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.

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

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

Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.