This small town's local tradition is to create the world's tallest ice pillar.

The world’s largest knitted mitten is displayed in one of Sweden’s smallest Arctic villages.

The dome-shaped reservoir of this old water tower produces unique acoustic effects.

The charming storybook building now houses a small police museum.

This statue, deep in a Swedish forest, is all alone, just like the renowned recluse would have wanted.

From under the bed of one of the co-founders, this server helped launch the notorious file-sharing website.

Uppsala's adorable feline sign celebrates a popular children's book set in the Swedish city.

A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.

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.

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

Although rarely used, there is still a hidden room for the royal family at the Stockholm central station.

Visit the home of Sweden's beloved fictional character, Pippi Longstocking.

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.

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.

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

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

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

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