This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

This statue and park honor the Swedish chemist Jacob Berzelius, one of the founders of modern chemistry.

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

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

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

One of the world's first dedicated bank buildings in the world is now the oldest one.

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

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.

Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.

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

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

The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.