This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

This Norwegian satellite station provides ground services to more satellites than any other facility in the world.

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

Charming small streets lined with well preserved wooden houses dating to the 18th and 19th century.

Centuries before masks and sanitizer, Oslo’s oldest public monument remembers its last plague dead.

A statue of the heroic plumber stands outside a company that bluffed its way into being Nintendo’s Scandinavian distributor.

Once the center of power for the region's various factories.

Sweden's largest remaining gantry crane is a relic of Gothenburg's industrial past.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

This mysterious sign claims an American astronomer haunts the building—but is it true?

A devilish mask still mocks a king’s rumored love nest across the street.

Artwork created by artists and school children as a tribute to free speech and democracy.

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

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

This factory dominated the Swedish market, and is now a historic site.

A monumental magenta installation looms over a tangle of roads and tracks, as controversial as it is conspicuous.

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.