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

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

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

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

There are hidden patterns on the subway seats of some Stockholm metro cars.

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

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.

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.

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.

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

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

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

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

This restaurant combines two Finnish traditions in one place: warm-weather relaxation and outdoor carpet-cleaning.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.