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

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

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

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

An art project designed to encourage people to explore and investigate their surroundings more closely

In a city of wooden houses, this watchtower was vital for early fire detection.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

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

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

The giant club-wielding wildman stands proud as the symbol of Swedish Lapland.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen's airship docked here before leading the first-ever flight over the North Pole.

The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.

Traces of a Sami settlement and sacrificial site dating back more than 9,000 years.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.