Places longitudelexitude Wants to Go

Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festival.

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.

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

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

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

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

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

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

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

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

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

12th-century holy complex shares land with a natural park full of heavenly waterfalls and raptors.

Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.

This former charity hospital for elderly clergy houses some of Seville’s most treasured paintings.