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

This unique bridge is one of the last of its kind in Sweden.

The world's biggest version of the popular Swedish souvenir.

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

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

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.

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.

The second-largest collection of runic calendar staffs in Sweden.

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

A rare rune stone dedicated to a woman.

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

A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

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

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

A centuries-old copper mine that once provided two thirds of the world's copper supply.

The tennis legend became the best in the world (partly) thanks to practicing against his garage door, now on display in a museum near his childhood home.

The ruins of a monastery where Saint Bridget of Sweden had her revelations recorded.

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

A few crumbling buildings and the occasional pipe sticking out of the ground are all that remains of the largest refugee camp in Sweden during World War II.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.