Places scdraper85 Wants to Go

This museum of Viking vessels allows visitors to take a replica out for a spin.

A geological wonder that helped fuel myths of trolls and giants.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

The traveling wares of Denmark's most famous author.

The oldest amusement park in the world has been providing a nice spot to have some fun since the 1500s.

An Elvis superfan built Denmark's own version of Graceland.

A public display of random paleontology.

Long before the hollyhocks and colorful facades, this lane was notorious for witch trials, infanticide, and prostitution.

Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.

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

The last fully functional fortress of Germany's World War II Atlantikwall.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

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

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

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

A favorite with sightseers and locals alike, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

A tiny Bergen museum where deadly substances, historical murders, and toxic curiosities share the same shelf.

A memorial to 350 people burned at the stake for witchcraft.

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

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

A historical farmstead with stunning views over the fjord.

A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.

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