Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

At low tide, you can see the remains of a 17th-century ship just off a Stockholm island.

On Nobel Street, a miniature statue of Alfred Nobel.

A tombstone on the grounds of the royal castle marks the burial site of a Swedish king's beloved dog.

An ancient tree that was once the favorite of a young Swedish royal.

A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.

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

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

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

Could this controversial parietal bone be the remains of the famed French philosopher?

Home to 200 plaster casts of Scandinavian proboscises.

This bronze marker acknowledges an embarrassing royal blunder.

This millstone commemorates a gruesome tale that may have been the source of the city's name.

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

One of Scandinavia's largest mosaics pays tribute to Danish art and science luminaries.

An unconventional and naturalistic sculpture depicting the artist marking his territory on an exterior faculty wall.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

After funding was cut for a memorial to the Danish author, the sculptor had his statue ceremonially lowered into the city harbor.

This aged paving stone, marked by a maiden's foot imprint and the tales of her plunge from the cathedral tower, serves as a memorial to a tragic local legend.

A quirky, larger than life sculpture on an old bunker pays tribute to an eccentric carnival entertainer.

This risqué sculpture, based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, caused outrage 35 years after it was erected.

After attracting attention for nearly three decades while standing in front of a church, this phallic stone sculpture is now tucked away in a campus backyard.

Aged nearly 1,700 years, the world's oldest bottle of wine is probably still drinkable.