Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.

This gem from the industrial age helps visitors and residents alike traverse hilly Stockholm.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.

Located in an old church, this brewery produces a different kind of holy water.

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

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

This poignant sculpture of a gnarled weapon is a symbol of non-violence.

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

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

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

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

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

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

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

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

Said to be one of Sweden's most haunted places, this vicarage once even attracted a ghost-busting priest.

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

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

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

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