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.

This Viking Age memorial contains the oldest known image of a Täby resident.

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

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

On Nobel Street, a miniature statue of Alfred Nobel.

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

This gem from the industrial age helps visitors and residents alike traverse hilly Stockholm.

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

Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

This centuries-old rooster survived a devastating fire.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

This contemplative sculpture made out of old machine parts is meant to be the first in a series of sculptures around the world.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

Denmark’s oldest bakery is home to the 'Wednesday Snail,' one of the best cinnamon rolls on the planet.