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Landsort, Sweden

Landsorts Lighthouse

The oldest Swedish built lighthouse still guides ships through the archipelago.
Stockholm, Sweden

Den Optiska Telegrafen (The Optical Telegraph)

The fastest way to send a message before electricity was invented.
Västerås SO, Sweden

Västerås Historiska Skeppsmuseum (Västerås Historical Ship Museum)

This museum of Viking vessels allows visitors to take a replica out for a spin.
Hökåsen-Badelunda, Sweden

Labyrinten vid Tibble (The Tibble Labyrinth)

This 2,000-year-old stone maze is one of the oldest in the country, but its purpose is still a mystery.
Hökåsen-Badelunda, Sweden

Anundshög

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

Hotell Hackspett (Woodpecker Hotel)

Unfortunately, you can no longer spend a night in this single-person treetop hotel.
Eskilstuna, Sweden

Sö 90 Runestone

This runestone once destroyed by an explosion has been painstakingly reassembled to save its history.
Baskarp, Sweden

Falks Grav

The final resting place of a young stagecoach robber who refused mercy.
Viskafors, Sweden

Viskafors Blå Får (Blue Sheep of Viskafors)

A flock of peculiar-colored sheep graze in this small Swedish town.
Pilane, Sweden

Skulptur i Pilane

This Swedish sculpture park is a unique combination of ancient ruins and modern art.
Karlstad, Sweden

Orrholmsgaraget (The Orrholm Garage)

This underground car park moonlights as a permanent art exhibition.
Borlänge, Sweden

The Original Ornäsbjork

A semi-sterile mutant birch that became Sweden's national tree.
Falun, Sweden

The Replica of Fet-Mats

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

Falu Gruva (Falun Mine)

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

World's Smallest Dala Horse

This Dalecarlian horse is about the size of a pinhead.
Täby Kyrkby, Sweden

Täby kyrka (Täby Church)

A medieval church that contains murals from famed artist Albertus Pictor.
Täby Kyrkby, Sweden

Fällbro Runestone (Uppland Runic Inscription Fv1946;258)

This Viking Age memorial contains the oldest known image of a Täby resident.
Sigtuna, Sweden

The Sigtuna Phone Box Library

A Swedish phone box converted into an informal village library.
Sigtuna, Sweden

Sigtuna Rådhus (City Hall)

A tiny town hall—in Sweden's one-time capital—might be the smallest in Europe.
Sigtuna, Sweden

Sigtuna Stora Gatan

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

Björn Järnsidas Hög (Björn Ironsides Mound)

The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.
Wilkieston, Scotland

Jupiter Artland

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.
Edinburgh, Scotland

Lauriston Castle

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.
Edinburgh, Scotland

Robert Burns' Masonic Apron

The beloved bard's garb is proudly displayed within a Freemason's hall.