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

One of the world's oldest continuously operating meteorological stations sits on a hill in Stockholm.

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

A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.

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

A miniature model of the iconic Stockholm department store.

An abstract representation of weather in Sweden.

Small Easter eggs are hidden in the ventilation holes of the city's newest trains.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

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

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.

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

A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.

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

Stockholm's last remaining paternoster elevator.

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

A steel paper plane is all that remains of a crashed aircraft that caused an amazingly small amount of damage.

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.

Locals rallied to save this beloved mural after someone mistakenly attempted to cover it.

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

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.