Places stenaavel Wants to Go

A Stockholm metro station is home to an escalator that is not only the longest in Sweden, but among the longest in the world.

Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

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

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

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

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

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

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

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

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

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

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

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

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

Hidden up a dusty track off the Georgian Military Road is this fascinating waterfall with mountainous views.

Veryovkina Cave is more than 1.3 miles deep—the deepest known in the world.

A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.