Places mpudvar Wants to Go

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

The palace for King Gustav III was never completed, but the foundation remains tucked away in this city park.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

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

At low tide, you can see the remains of a 17th-century ship just off a Stockholm island.

The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

This restaurant combines two Finnish traditions in one place: warm-weather relaxation and outdoor carpet-cleaning.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

This 16th-century cemetery became a recreational park during the Soviet occupation—today it's a little bit of both.

One of the world's first dedicated bank buildings in the world is now the oldest one.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

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

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

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

Sweden's first electric elevator remains hidden within a fortress-like building.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.