"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

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

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

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.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

The internet as provided by a James Bond villain.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

This ancient Roman arch misled treasure hunters for centuries.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.