A Swedish town came up with an out-of-the-box way to eliminate the bloodthirsty insects.

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

An 11th-century runestone decorates the halls of Terminal 2 of this Scandinavian travel hub.

The first thermometer made with the almost-universal temperature scale is backwards.

The second-largest collection of runic calendar staffs in Sweden.

The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

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

A small church in Uppsala hides the grave of a renowned 18th-century astronomer.

The world's biggest version of the popular Swedish souvenir.

Tiny Swedish village with a distinct local phenomenon known as an "Elk Shower."

Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.

This Dalecarlian horse is about the size of a pinhead.

An oil drilling mistake created this fountain that has been spraying water for over 150 years.

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

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

Gravity seems to fail at this intriguing Swedish attraction.

This massive Trojan ursine was built to be a new tourist symbol for a small Swedish town.

An ornate Thai pavilion in the middle of Sweden.

A botched 18th-century canal silenced one of Sweden's most magnificent waterfalls.

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

A former top secret military tunnel is now stuffed with snow and open year-round to skiers.

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