The giant club-wielding wildman stands proud as the symbol of Swedish Lapland.

This disputed feline sculpture is Sweden's first MeToo monument.

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

Contrasting the old concrete courthouse beneath, a modern and colorful residential marvel has emerged, stirring both acclaim and controversy.

Stockholm's famed ghost train is now on display at an art park in northern Sweden.

Some clocks inside this museum are more than 500 years old.

This serene wooded hilltop has a dark history as the climactic point of the Swedish witch trials.

An ornate Thai pavilion in the middle of Sweden.

A botched 18th-century canal silenced one of Sweden's most magnificent waterfalls.

The "geometrical" center of the country, as calculated in 1947.

Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.

The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.

A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.