Places pleiades Wants to Go

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Underground monastery and fortress.

The gnarled remains of an exploded German bunker from World War II sit along a breathtaking fjord.

A living museum working to keep the traditions of building and repairing handmade wooden boats, ropemaking, and blacksmithing alive.

The largest cave in Northern Europe.

The world's northernmost ice hotel.

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

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

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.

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

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

At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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