The giant club-wielding wildman stands proud as the symbol of Swedish Lapland.

The ruins of a monastery where Saint Bridget of Sweden had her revelations recorded.

The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.

Sweden's southernmost prehistoric rock art is hidden just outside Gothenburg.

Gravity seems to fail at this intriguing Swedish attraction.

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

These mysterious circular formations are actually remnants of 19th century gristmills.

A 12th-century church with a medieval fresco and an intriguing “Greek runestone.”

Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.

This fantastic cave remained unexplored until 1948 when three schoolboys discovered a hidden entrance.

It was meant to help transport wounded soldiers to a secret underground hospital.

A museum dedicated to the history of psychiatric treatment featuring a gallery of art made by patients.

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

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.

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

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.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.