Places Jeslea Wants to Go

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.

Sweden's first Viking city is also the site of thousands of burial mounds.

A tiny village is home to the world's only diner completely devoted to the many varieties of traditional Swedish dumplings.

The world's first purpose-built indoor shopping mall opened in Sweden in 1955.

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.

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

This little gallery is devoted to one small town's passion for a very special cheese.

The cheese slicer may be a Norwegian invention, but the biggest ones in the world are found in Sweden.

Small Easter eggs are hidden in the ventilation holes of the city's newest trains.

A geological wonder that helped fuel myths of trolls and giants.

Sweden's oldest street has not changed for nearly a millennium.

An 11th-century runestone decorates the halls of Terminal 2 of this Scandinavian travel hub.

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

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

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking came to life.

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

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

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

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

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.