Places IrajV Wants to Go

A Chinese meditation center in the middle of rural Sweden, partly funded by a member of ABBA.

This micronation's flag honors its favorite drink, Kaffegöken, or "cuckoo-coffee."

A former hen house turned curiosity cabinet displays one man's lifelong fascination with cannibalism.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.

A plaque on this tiny Swedish island commemorates an unusual Cold War standoff of Soviet submarine intrigue.

A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.

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

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

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

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

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

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

The place to be if you love vintage Swedish cars.

This giant crucifix is like U2's Joshua Tree for Swedish death metal fans.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

A colossal strolling Pinocchio that was greeted with more outrage than whimsy.

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

Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.

Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.

This trio of stone spires claims to be the only preserved medieval execution site in Europe.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

The remains of Alfred Nobel's first nitroglycerine factory can still be found on the shores of a Swedish bay.