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

A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.

This centuries-old rooster survived a devastating fire.

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

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.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

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.

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

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

Hidden in plain sight, Sweden's official ordnance datum is now abandoned.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

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

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

What looks like a birch tree smushed between two pieces of glass often confounds commuters.

A miniature model of the iconic Stockholm department store.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

The world's biggest floating museum in Gothenburg, Sweden.

A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.

A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.