Places mossenmoons Wants to Go

This patch of land is home to Sweden's largest burial mound, allegedly belonging to a mythical king.

A former top secret military tunnel is now stuffed with snow and open year-round to skiers.

This tiny Swedish troll protects the land and all who wander within it.

Twice a year, this floating library delivers thousands of books to the remote islands of Stockholm’s archipelago.

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

The charming storybook building now houses a small police museum.

A botched 18th-century canal silenced one of Sweden's most magnificent waterfalls.

An ancient tree that was once the favorite of a young Swedish royal.

This small town's local tradition is to create the world's tallest ice pillar.

This micronation's flag honors its favorite drink, Kaffegöken, or "cuckoo-coffee."

A Bronze Age stone ship said to be the grave of the mythical founder of Gotland.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

Uppsala's adorable feline sign celebrates a popular children's book set in the Swedish city.

Sweden's southernmost prehistoric rock art is hidden just outside Gothenburg.

This statue, deep in a Swedish forest, is all alone, just like the renowned recluse would have wanted.

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking came to life.

Gravity seems to fail at this intriguing Swedish attraction.

For a couple of months each year this Swedish city turns into a festive neon phantasmagoria.

In the town of Åtvidaberg, the midday sun sets off a loud cannon boom.

Ancient stone graves shaped like ships provided a Viking-like burial to carry the dead to the afterlife.

This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.

This fantastic cave remained unexplored until 1948 when three schoolboys discovered a hidden entrance.

The world's only above water sand volcano, believed to once be the bathtub of a priest.

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