History in Stockholm

The site of Stockholm's last public execution.

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

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

A wooden street sign is the last remnant of this 400-year-old alleyway.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

This statue and park honor the Swedish chemist Jacob Berzelius, one of the founders of modern chemistry.

This stone obelisk is a relic of the 17th-century Swedish mile markers.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.