The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

This trio of stone spires claims to be the only preserved medieval execution site in Europe.

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

Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.

Ancient stone graves shaped like ships provided a Viking-like burial to carry the dead to the afterlife.

Visit the home of Sweden's beloved fictional character, Pippi Longstocking.

This fantastic cave remained unexplored until 1948 when three schoolboys discovered a hidden entrance.

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 large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.

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

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

Buried beneath an unassuming Gotland farm was the largest collection of Viking silver, mostly of Islamic origin.

A reproduction of a mysteriously preserved body found in the 18th-century and put on display for years before burial.

A centuries-old copper mine that once provided two thirds of the world's copper supply.

Sweden's oldest street has not changed for nearly a millennium.

An abstract representation of weather in Sweden.

An entire shopping mall and industrial terrain named for the time the king of Sweden's car went into a ditch.

The unique design of this former quarry provides ideal acoustics for concerts.

This Stockholm art museum integrates many of its pieces into the surrounding outdoor areas and natural landscape.

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

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.