Places aofreezing612 Wants to Go

A medieval church that contains murals from famed artist Albertus Pictor.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.

A 12th-century church with a medieval fresco and an intriguing “Greek runestone.”

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

This oak has seen Vikings, the Black Death, and world wars pass but refuses to give up.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

This educational and eco-friendly community is Iceland's "home of the sun."

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

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

It's a breathing museum, where you get to breathe along with stunning immersive textile light art.

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

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

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

A museum that dives into Sweden’s maritime past through preserved shipwrecks and interactive exhibits.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

The internet as provided by a James Bond villain.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.