Architectural Oddities in Sweden

Contrasting the old concrete courthouse beneath, a modern and colorful residential marvel has emerged, stirring both acclaim and controversy.

According to legend, this structure was inspired by the Tower of Babel and built in a 19th-century industrialist's yard so he could walk his dogs without leaving home.

A water reservoir disguised as a castle stands atop a hill in a park in Stockholm city.

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

Unfortunately, you can no longer spend a night in this single-person treetop hotel.

These coffin-like Brutalist balconies were inspired by a nearby mine.

Stockholm's last remaining paternoster elevator.

Part of an abandoned19th-century fortress hides in plain sight inside a modern office building.

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

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

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

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

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

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

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.