Archives: Atlas Obscuras

Båstnäs Car Cemetery

Discover Båstnäs Car Cemetery in Årjäng SV, Sweden: This Swedish automobile graveyard is a beautiful gallery of decay, but woe be to any who would steal a souvenir.

Sweden’s Talking Stones

Discover Bexell's Talking Stones in Varberg, Sweden: Hundreds of mossy stones engraved with bits of philosophy, literature and random musings.

Gothenburg Medical History Museum

Discover Gothenburg Medical History Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden: A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.

Love Locks of Västerbron

Discover Love Locks of Västerbron in Stockholm, Sweden: A former suicide bridge is now accumulating symbols of love instead of a body count.

Li Grave Stones

Discover Li Grave Stones in Kungsbacka, Sweden: Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.

Kyrkö Car Cemetery

Discover Kyrkö Car Cemetery in Tingsryd SV, Sweden: A peat bog in southern Sweden provides a cozy and photogenic home for junked Volvos, Saabs, and the occasional American muscle car.

Borgvattnet Vicarage

Discover Borgvattnet Vicarage in Ragunda N, Sweden: Said to be one of Sweden's most haunted places, this vicarage once even attracted a ghost-busting priest.

Gustavianum Museum

Discover Gustavianum Museum in Uppsala, Sweden: The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

Gotland

Discover Gotland in Sweden: Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.

Jumbo Stay

Discover Jumbo Stay in Stockholm, Sweden: Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

Ytterby Mine

Discover Ytterby Mine in Stockholm, Sweden: The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.

Rök Rune Stone

Discover Rök Rune Stone in Ödeshög, Sweden: This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

World’s Only Mounted Blue Whale

Discover Malm Whale in Gothenburg, Sweden: One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

Old Tjikko in Sweden

Discover Old Tjikko in Älvdalen S, Sweden: The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

Utter Inn

Discover Utter Inn in Västerås, Sweden: A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.

Øresund Bridge

Discover Øresund Bridge in Malmö, Sweden: This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Ales Stenar

Discover Ales Stenar in Ystad, Sweden: According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

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