Places Jes Wants to Go

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

The city that saw the birth of Sweden is now home to an impressive collection of work from its favorite artist.

An ornate Thai pavilion in the middle of Sweden.

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

This giant crucifix is like U2's Joshua Tree for Swedish death metal fans.

It's always game time at Stockholm's only museum devoted solely to video games.

18th century opera in its original splendor.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

Said to be one of Sweden's most haunted places, this vicarage once even attracted a ghost-busting priest.

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

This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.

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

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

Early habitat dioramas and home of the elusive gaff, the skvader.

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

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

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

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.