Places leokslyng Wants to Go

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

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.

Part of an abandoned19th-century fortress hides in plain sight inside a modern office building.

This innocuous-looking button may have been used to assassinate a king.

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

This abandoned Swedish folkpark offers an amazing view over the town of Överkalix.

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

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

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

A museum dedicated to the history of psychiatric treatment featuring a gallery of art made by patients.

This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.

Residents of this seaside village are building a miniature 1:10 scale version of their historic town.

Faith and landscaping come together in a small Danish haven dubbed the "Bible Garden."

An artist has turned what most people would consider a bathroom nightmare into a work of political art.

An exhibition of preserved locomotives housed in a 1950s depot shows the history of Denmark's railway.

An old limestone mine transformed into a beautiful and unusual sculpture museum.

A failed attempt to control drifting sands yielded a gnarled sylvan wonderland.

This huge industrial sculpture looks like a UFO and a factory had a baby.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.