Places White Rat Wants to Go

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

The world's largest moose statue towers above the highway between Oslo and Trondheim.

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

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

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

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

World's strongest whirlpool.

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

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

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.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

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

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

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

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

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

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

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

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.