Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

A living descendant of the famous tree that helped Isaac Newton develop the theory of gravity.

These Bronze Age rock carvings are among the oldest in the region.

Unfortunately, you can no longer spend a night in this single-person treetop hotel.

This tree was once used to calculate the decrease of the Baltic Sea.

This innocuous-looking button may have been used to assassinate a king.

Believed to be the country's tallest waterfall, the Njupeskär is actually much smaller.

An oil drilling mistake created this fountain that has been spraying water for over 150 years.

Despite dreams of constructing this fairytale mansion, Albert Gotthard Nestor Cedergren never saw its completion.

A colossal strolling Pinocchio that was greeted with more outrage than whimsy.

His body was found mysteriously preserved in a Swedish mine over 40 years after his initial disappearance.

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

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

This 2,000-year-old stone maze is one of the oldest in the country, but its purpose is still a mystery.

A prehistoric geological oddity tucked behind Stockholm's natural history museum.

Sweden's southernmost point is located in this charming fishing village.

This serene wooded hilltop has a dark history as the climactic point of the Swedish witch trials.

A centuries-old iron mine is now a paradise for explorers, divers, and spelunkers.

A rare rune stone dedicated to a woman.

A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.

These miniature works of art are hiding in plain sight on buildings around the city.

The trailblazing Swedish businesswoman created a beloved minty candy called polkagris.

The world’s largest knitted mitten is displayed in one of Sweden’s smallest Arctic villages.

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

This little gallery is devoted to one small town's passion for a very special cheese.