The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.

This beautifully verdant lagoon is tucked below a massive volcano in a crater atop a black pebble beach.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.

The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.