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The unique design of this former quarry provides ideal acoustics for concerts.

The first overseas server for Facebook in Sweden's tundra.

A Very Low Frequency transmitter you can tune in on your PC.

Explore the frozen river and take a walk to a nearby island on some of the longest ice roads in Sweden.

This secret facility trained seals for the Swedish navy during the Second World War.

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

This poured-concrete water reservoir is a gem of modernist architecture well-hidden in a city forest.

This hole formed by a glacier is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in Stockholm.

A colossal strolling Pinocchio that was greeted with more outrage than whimsy.

Despite dreams of constructing this fairytale mansion, Albert Gotthard Nestor Cedergren never saw its completion.

The trailblazing Swedish businesswoman created a beloved minty candy called polkagris.

A centuries-old iron mine is now a paradise for explorers, divers, and spelunkers.

The wilderness of northern Sweden is full of shelters to protect people from sounding rockets returning from space.

This declassified Cold War bunker hosts a large collection of Swedish aircraft.

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

The world's biggest floating museum in Gothenburg, Sweden.

This small town's local tradition is to create the world's tallest ice pillar.

One man's fascination with Turkey led to this backyard mini-city.

This pyramid in southern Sweden houses the remains of an eccentric nobleman, who spent his life doing whatever he felt like doing.

A memorial to a Swedish hockey player's "encounter" with aliens.

A wooden street sign is the last remnant of this 400-year-old alleyway.

In the town of Åtvidaberg, the midday sun sets off a loud cannon boom.

The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.

This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.