Places SL Wants to Go

Take a schvitz just like an infamous Soviet dictator while his unblinking eye looks on.

This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.

The largest collection of hair jewelry in Europe reminds you how creepy 19th-century love was.

A failed attempt to control drifting sands yielded a gnarled sylvan wonderland.

A small Denmark town displays a pair of titanic jaw bones as their community symbol.

This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.

From buck blood to Theriak miracle tonic, this collection of Renaissance chemist's gear look's like a wizard's pantry.

In legend, this ancient dolmen was said to have been created when a troll tried to destroy a church.

When this Iron Age bog body was discovered in 1835, it was thought that she had died recently.

Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.

Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

This tiny cabin was home to one of Iceland's most famous painters and was the only land he ever owned.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.