Places dspomida Wants to Go

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

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

Mound of stones marking the burial site of the world's most famous orca.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

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

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.

A favorite with sightseers and locals alike, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

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

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

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

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

A small collection of magic tricks and memorabilia is now an apartment-sized museum.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

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

Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.

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.

Mysterious man-made rock piles form an ancient cemetery on this rocky beach in Norway.

Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.