This gem from the industrial age helps visitors and residents alike traverse hilly Stockholm.

It was meant to help transport wounded soldiers to a secret underground hospital.

Every Tuesday, students let off steam by screaming into the night air.

A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.

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

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.

A former suicide bridge is now accumulating symbols of love instead of a body count.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.

This small museum nestled inside a souvenir shop is dedicated to Sweden's most well-known toy.

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

This castle ruin in the middle of nowhere is a gem for wildlife enthusiasts.

Although rarely used, there is still a hidden room for the royal family at the Stockholm central station.

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

A peat bog in southern Sweden provides a cozy and photogenic home for junked Volvos, Saabs, and the occasional American muscle car.

A museum dedicated to the history of psychiatric treatment featuring a gallery of art made by patients.

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

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

Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.

The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.

Said to be one of Sweden's most haunted places, this vicarage once even attracted a ghost-busting priest.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.