The Natural History Museum that time forgot.

Known as the Hintz House, this medieval pharmacy has been an apothecary's haven for nearly 450 years.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

When a conglomerate of visionary startups commandeer a disused Greek Orthodox Church, zaniness ensues.

Enormous ants wielding giant pine needles guard a Stockholm real estate company's office.

Wooden cutouts of the fictional family from the popular Swedish comic strip take a stroll along the side of the road.

This centuries-old rooster survived a devastating fire.

A heated statue pays tribute to one of Sweden's great actresses.

The three colorful women depict characters from a beloved children's story.

A tombstone on the grounds of the royal castle marks the burial site of a Swedish king's beloved dog.

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

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

A 12th-century church with a medieval fresco and an intriguing “Greek runestone.”

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

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

A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.

The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.

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