Places JonAkzar Wants to Go

The largest cave in Northern Europe.

Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festival.

This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.

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

The world's northernmost ice hotel.

World's strongest whirlpool.

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

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

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

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

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

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

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

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

This former hospital was once one of the oldest mental health facilities in Europe.

Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.

On a small island, a replica of a Finnish village from the Iron Age.

An abandoned amusement park turned street art gallery with open walls for visitors to spray paint.

In the waters outside Helsinki, a tiny island once used as a military outpost now welcomes visitors.

A long-disputed lighthouse built on the wrong side of a Finnish/Swedish island.