The cheese slicer may be a Norwegian invention, but the biggest ones in the world are found in Sweden.

Winter roadtrips are a little more exciting on this seasonal, slippery expansion of Sweden's national highway system.

A prehistoric geological oddity tucked behind Stockholm's natural history museum.

Known locally as the Jungfrutornet, this Medieval tower hides a dark legend.

This patch of land is home to Sweden's largest burial mound, allegedly belonging to a mythical king.

This tiny Swedish troll protects the land and all who wander within it.

The final resting place of the man whose name has become synonymous with greatness.

18th century opera in its original splendor.

This Scandinavian island is the site of the first modern observatory.

A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.

Ancient stone graves shaped like ships provided a Viking-like burial to carry the dead to the afterlife.

This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.

Sweden's oldest street has not changed for nearly a millennium.

This small museum nestled inside a souvenir shop is dedicated to Sweden's most well-known toy.

A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.

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

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

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

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.

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

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