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.

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

One of the world's first dedicated bank buildings in the world is now the oldest one.

Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.

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

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

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.

Buried beneath an unassuming Gotland farm was the largest collection of Viking silver, mostly of Islamic origin.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

The boulder is a landmark, public art, and an icon.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.