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

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

From a distance, this structure looks like an ordinary office building but a closer inspection reveals a unique facade.

The remains of Alfred Nobel's first nitroglycerine factory can still be found on the shores of a Swedish bay.

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.

Locals rallied to save this beloved mural after someone mistakenly attempted to cover it.

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

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

An abstract representation of weather in Sweden.

A concrete mushroom that divided Stockholm residents for nearly a century.

A collection of trees from various corners of the world call Stockholm University home.

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

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

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

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.

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

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

A heated statue pays tribute to one of Sweden's great actresses.

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

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

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

One of the world's oldest continuously operating meteorological stations sits on a hill in Stockholm.