Locals perched on icy thrones brave frigid temperatures during this bizarre winter tradition.

A former top secret military tunnel is now stuffed with snow and open year-round to skiers.

A massive land art sculpture fills a green space once tarnished by a landfill.

His body was found mysteriously preserved in a Swedish mine over 40 years after his initial disappearance.

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

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

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

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

This massive Trojan ursine was built to be a new tourist symbol for a small Swedish town.

These mysterious circular formations are actually remnants of 19th century gristmills.

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

A botched 18th-century canal silenced one of Sweden's most magnificent waterfalls.

This pyramid in southern Sweden houses the remains of an eccentric nobleman, who spent his life doing whatever he felt like doing.

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

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.

This trio of stone spires claims to be the only preserved medieval execution site in Europe.

Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.

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

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

If there is one thing you don't want to be in Sweden during Christmas, it's a Yule Goat.

This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.

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

Hundreds of mossy stones engraved with bits of philosophy, literature and random musings.