Places kurtkeymolen67 Wants to Go

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.

A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.

Inside this church, a monument honors the first burial site of the famed philosopher.

Absolutely no saxophones in the library.

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking came to life.

A Stockholm metro station is home to an escalator that is not only the longest in Sweden, but among the longest in the world.

A steel paper plane is all that remains of a crashed aircraft that caused an amazingly small amount of damage.

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

A tiny town hall—in Sweden's one-time capital—might be the smallest in Europe.

This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.

A small church in Uppsala hides the grave of a renowned 18th-century astronomer.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

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

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

Legend has it this spring formed at the spot where a medieval Swedish king was killed.

The final resting place of the father of modern biological taxonomy.

A rare rune stone dedicated to a woman.

The first thermometer made with the almost-universal temperature scale is backwards.

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

A nightly tradition fills the streets of Flogsta with a collective scream.

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

A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.