This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Archaeologists are still unraveling the secrets of the brutal massacre that wiped out this ancient fort.

This castle ruin in the middle of nowhere is a gem for wildlife enthusiasts.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

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

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

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.

The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.

The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

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

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

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

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

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

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.

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

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

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

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

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

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