Winter roadtrips are a little more exciting on this seasonal, slippery expansion of Sweden's national highway system.

A plaque on this tiny Swedish island commemorates an unusual Cold War standoff of Soviet submarine intrigue.

A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.

Known locally as the Jungfrutornet, this Medieval tower hides a dark legend.

Legend has it that this large rock maze in Sweden was created as punishment by the daughter of a wealthy captain.

Visit the home of Sweden's beloved fictional character, Pippi Longstocking.

This fantastic cave remained unexplored until 1948 when three schoolboys discovered a hidden entrance.

Ancient stone graves shaped like ships provided a Viking-like burial to carry the dead to the afterlife.

Four alabaster giants contemplate the tides on the shore of Denmark.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A modern, secular take on a traditional Virgin Mary motif.

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

The machines behind the famous handblown glass from Sweden's "Kingdom of Crystal."

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

This simple roadside art installation ended up sparking a folk art movement and a controversy of international proportions.

For a couple of months each year this Swedish city turns into a festive neon phantasmagoria.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

A former suicide bridge is now accumulating symbols of love instead of a body count.

The remnants of a record-setting industrial bucket system can still be found dotting the Swedish countryside.

A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.