Places patricklongmire Wants to Go

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

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

A mysterious stone staircase deep in the Swedish woods, said to have been made by trolls.

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

The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.

A rare rune stone dedicated to a woman.

Sweden's first Viking city is also the site of thousands of burial mounds.

This Viking Age memorial contains the oldest known image of a Täby resident.

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

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

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

Stockholm's last remaining paternoster elevator.

A museum that dives into Sweden’s maritime past through preserved shipwrecks and interactive exhibits.

Absolutely no saxophones in the library.

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.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

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

Hidden in Portland’s West Hills, a 170-year-old marker literally stakes out the Pacific Northwest.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.