Places Jes Wants to Go

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

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

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

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

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

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.