Places matical Wants to Go

This railroad track was so secretive that it was omitted from all maps.

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.

The final resting place of the man whose name has become synonymous with greatness.

A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.

A 12th-century church with a medieval fresco and an intriguing “Greek runestone.”

Enormous ants wielding giant pine needles guard a Stockholm real estate company's office.

A geological wonder that helped fuel myths of trolls and giants.

It was meant to help transport wounded soldiers to a secret underground hospital.

This unique sculpture is often overlooked by pedestrians.

Although rarely used, there is still a hidden room for the royal family at the Stockholm central station.

Every Tuesday, students let off steam by screaming into the night air.

An 11th-century runestone decorates the halls of Terminal 2 of this Scandinavian travel hub.

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

A peat bog in southern Sweden provides a cozy and photogenic home for junked Volvos, Saabs, and the occasional American muscle car.

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

This small museum nestled inside a souvenir shop is dedicated to Sweden's most well-known toy.

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

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.

The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.