This statue and park honor the Swedish chemist Jacob Berzelius, one of the founders of modern chemistry.

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

A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.

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

What looks like a birch tree smushed between two pieces of glass often confounds commuters.

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

An 11th-century runestone decorates the halls of Terminal 2 of this Scandinavian travel hub.

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

18th century opera in its original splendor.

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

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

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

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

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.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.