A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.

This little gallery is devoted to one small town's passion for a very special cheese.

This museum of Viking vessels allows visitors to take a replica out for a spin.

Take a schvitz just like an infamous Soviet dictator while his unblinking eye looks on.

A Viking man's tribute to his brother stands in Gävle's oldest church.

The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.

The world's biggest floating museum in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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

This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.

For a couple of months each year this Swedish city turns into a festive neon phantasmagoria.

The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

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

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

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

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

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

A former suicide bridge is now accumulating symbols of love instead of a body count.

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

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

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

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.