Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

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

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

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

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

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

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.

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

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

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

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

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

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

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

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

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

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

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

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

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

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.