An abandoned industrial site turned into a picturesque swimming hole.

Old ruins of a church from the 1200s.

This fantastic cave remained unexplored until 1948 when three schoolboys discovered a hidden entrance.

Legend has it that this large rock maze in Sweden was created as punishment by the daughter of a wealthy captain.

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

This trio of stone spires claims to be the only preserved medieval execution site in Europe.

A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.

Visit the home of Sweden's beloved fictional character, Pippi Longstocking.

Buried beneath an unassuming Gotland farm was the largest collection of Viking silver, mostly of Islamic origin.

A Bronze Age stone ship said to be the grave of the mythical founder of Gotland.

Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.

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

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

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

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

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

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

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

The 19th-century home of Count and Countess von Hallwyl is now a museum.

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

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

One of the earliest subway stations in Stockholm, which still looks like the 1950s.

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

At less than four inches in height, this iconic fictional character is the smallest public statue in all of Moldova.