Where a troll might repair your shoes in exchange for a bowl of porridge.

This statue standing near Sweden's southernmost point was based on the grandmother of a modern movie star.

According to local lore, a flying dragon was blinded by a lighthouse and crashed, leaving a permanent mark on this island rock.

One of the longest footbridges in Europe.

The suspected burial mound of legendary Viking Björn Ironside.

At low tide, you can see the remains of a 17th-century ship just off a Stockholm island.

These life-sized mosaic reptiles, crafted using ceramics from a local toilet factory, link the town's industrial heritage with its prehistoric past.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.

Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.

A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

The remains of a German plane still sit in the Norwegian wood where it crashed in 1942.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

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

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

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

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

The signatures of esteemed colleagues of the physicists who stopped by to attend lectures.

The largest 19th century panorama in the world still in-situ.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

A collection of birches from across Sweden.

A rare rune stone dedicated to a woman.