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Stockholms Geographical Midpoint

Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholms Geographical Midpoint

The center of Stockholm can be found along this quiet street.

The bar in the gallery (Sundbybergs köksbryggeri).

Stockholm, Sweden

Omnipollo's Church

Located in an old church, this brewery produces a different kind of holy water.

Costumes at ABBA the Museum

Stockholm, Sweden

ABBA the Museum

There's something in the air as history repeats itself at this museum dedicated to the Swedish pop band.

Järnpojke

Stockholm, Sweden

Järnpojke

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

The Ghost Plaque of the Keyhole House

Gothenburg, Sweden

The Ghost Plaque of the Keyhole House

This mysterious sign claims an American astronomer haunts the building—but is it true?

Ales Stenar

Ystad, Sweden

Ales Stenar

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

'Humor'

Stockholm, Sweden

'Humor'

This unique sculpture is often overlooked by pedestrians.

Green Mountain summit on Ascension Island

Ascension Island

Ascension Island

Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.

You can't miss the sign, flag, and pyramid.

Torpshammar, Sweden

Sweden's Geographical Midpoint

The "geometrical" center of the country, as calculated in 1947.

Blasting bunkers.

Stockholm, Sweden

Nobels spränggropar (Nobel's Blasting Bunkers)

The remains of Alfred Nobel's first nitroglycerine factory can still be found on the shores of a Swedish bay.

Pacman.

Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm Metro Ventilation Art

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

It takes quiet and calm to milk a moose.

Bjurholm, Sweden

Älgens Hus (The Moose House)

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

Stadshuskällaren

Stockholm, Sweden

Stadshuskällaren

Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.

Kungens Kurva Shoppingcenter (King's Bend Mall)

Flemingsberg, Sweden

Kungens Kurva Shoppingcenter (King's Bend Mall)

An entire shopping mall and industrial terrain named for the time the king of Sweden's car went into a ditch.

The exterior of the Drottningholms Slottsteater (Flickr/Holger Motzkau)

Ekerö, Sweden

Drottningholms Slottsteater

18th century opera in its original splendor.

Pompes Grav (Pompe the Dog's Grave)

Stockholm, Sweden

Pompes Grav (Pompe the Dog's Grave)

A tombstone on the grounds of the royal castle marks the burial site of a Swedish king's beloved dog.

Today the Gunpowder Track is a recreational area.

Stockholm, Sweden

Krutbanan (Gunpowder Track)

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

Kymlingestenen

Stockholm, Sweden

Kymlingestenen

A traveling Bronze Age sacrificial stone that was used to honor elves, fairies, and other woodland spirits.

A part of the sconce inside of the office building.

Stockholm, Sweden

Johanneshovs Skans (Johanneshov Sconce)

Part of an abandoned19th-century fortress hides in plain sight inside a modern office building.

Skepptuna Church and Runestone.

Stockholm, Sweden

Skepptuna Church

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

The hotel suite
Permanently Closed

Sala, Sweden

Sala Silver Mine Hotel Suite

This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.

Hey STHLM.

Stockholm, Sweden

Hey STHLM

A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.

One of the skulls.

Stockholm, Sweden

'The Battle of Gotland 1361' Exhibit

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

Uppland Runic Inscription 53

Stockholm, Sweden

Uppland Runic Inscription 53

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

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