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

A Bronze Age stone ship said to be the grave of the mythical founder of Gotland.

A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.

Known locally as the Jungfrutornet, this Medieval tower hides a dark legend.

Legend has it that this large rock maze in Sweden was created as punishment by the daughter of a wealthy captain.

A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.

Few would expect the world's oldest preserved oil refinery to be found in Sweden.

Stone carvings record the Norse myth of Sigurd, providing a glimpse into Scandinavia's transition from paganism to Christianity.

A small church in Uppsala hides the grave of a renowned 18th-century astronomer.

Legend has it this spring formed at the spot where a medieval Swedish king was killed.

The first thermometer made with the almost-universal temperature scale is backwards.

A rare rune stone dedicated to a woman.

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

This stone obelisk is a relic of the 17th-century Swedish mile markers.

Stockholm's last remaining paternoster elevator.

This small statue hints at the incorrect origins of the lush landscape park surrounding it.

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

A simple stone remembers one of the most menacing horses in the Swedish military.

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

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

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Although rarely used, there is still a hidden room for the royal family at the Stockholm central station.