Legend has it this spring formed at the spot where a medieval Swedish king was killed.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

A small church in Uppsala hides the grave of a renowned 18th-century astronomer.

This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking came to life.

Northern Europe’s largest castle ruins sit precariously on an island cliffside.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

A sculpture of a woman so beautiful she got arrested for it.

A bronze, peeing self-portrait protests unequal inheritance rights.

Hang with reindeer at this 400-year-old Sámi market.

This Swedish village shows off its most well-known products in a big way.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

A medieval village, with red wooden cottages around a stone church, stands as a well-preserved example of a settlement type that was once common in northern Sweden.

On Nobel Street, a miniature statue of Alfred Nobel.

A miniature statue of a beloved character from children's literature.

These massive animal sculptures were constructed as part of a reality TV show challenge.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.