A Chinese meditation center in the middle of rural Sweden, partly funded by a member of ABBA.

This museum of Viking vessels allows visitors to take a replica out for a spin.

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

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

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

The cheese slicer may be a Norwegian invention, but the biggest ones in the world are found in Sweden.

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

A Viking man's tribute to his brother stands in Gävle's oldest church.

This patch of land is home to Sweden's largest burial mound, allegedly belonging to a mythical king.

From under the bed of one of the co-founders, this server helped launch the notorious file-sharing website.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

A tiny village is home to the world's only diner completely devoted to the many varieties of traditional Swedish dumplings.

One man's fascination with Turkey led to this backyard mini-city.

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

A concrete mushroom that divided Stockholm residents for nearly a century.

The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.

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

Archaeologists are still unraveling the secrets of the brutal massacre that wiped out this ancient fort.

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

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

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

For a couple of months each year this Swedish city turns into a festive neon phantasmagoria.

This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.