Bergen, Norway
Fantoft Stave Church
The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.
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Bergen, Norway
The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.
Kvam, Norway
Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.
Odda, Norway
Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."
Thisted, Denmark
A failed attempt to control drifting sands yielded a gnarled sylvan wonderland.
Nibe, Denmark
In legend, this ancient dolmen was said to have been created when a troll tried to destroy a church.
Samsø Municipality, Denmark
The world's largest maze is a nature park with nearly 200 decision points.
Skagen, Denmark
The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.
Lejre, Denmark
This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.
Roskilde, Denmark
Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.
Copenhagen, Denmark
An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Landskrona, Sweden
This Scandinavian island is the site of the first modern observatory.
Helsingør, Denmark
Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Gothenburg, Sweden
One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.
Aneby C, Sweden
This pyramid in southern Sweden houses the remains of an eccentric nobleman, who spent his life doing whatever he felt like doing.
Varberg, Sweden
Hundreds of mossy stones engraved with bits of philosophy, literature and random musings.
Dalmally, Scotland
Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.
Isle of Eigg, Scotland
This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.
Faroe Islands
The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.
Lerwick, Scotland
During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.
Drymen, Scotland
This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.
Nunavut
Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.
Thule, Greenland
Neither bomb blasts nor heartbeats escape the giant ears of this super sci-fi Arctic outpost.
Playa Blanca, Spain
A completely underwater art museum sends a stark message about humans' impact on the environment.