Places paleasfunk Wants to Go

A wooden street sign is the last remnant of this 400-year-old alleyway.

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

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

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

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

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

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

Small Easter eggs are hidden in the ventilation holes of the city's newest trains.

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

Stockholm's last remaining paternoster elevator.

This unique sculpture is often overlooked by pedestrians.

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.

This gem from the industrial age helps visitors and residents alike traverse hilly Stockholm.

A former suicide bridge is now accumulating symbols of love instead of a body count.

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking came to life.

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.

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

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.

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.

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

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