Places alxndr Wants to Go

What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.

The world's largest moose statue towers above the highway between Oslo and Trondheim.

A naturally occurring tunnel in this Nordic mountain makes it look like it's been shot.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

World's strongest whirlpool.

Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.

According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

This striking fort on the Maginot Line looks just as it did after being destroyed in the Fall of France.

An early 20th-century sanatorium, long abandoned and now being reclaimed by nature.

Six turbines towering over a wide road for passersby.

This museum is housed in an unassuming building that witnessed one of the most daring feats of satire in modern history.

One of the oldest lighthouses in the world has been in continuous use since it was first built in 1531.

Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.

This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.

Abandoned Soviet base once stocked with short and medium range missiles pointed at western Europe.

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.