The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

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

Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.

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

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

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

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

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

An industrial site turned into Hungary's most cherished natural wonder.

One of only two places in the world where two rivers cross each other without the waters mixing.

This enormous storm barrier is one of the largest moving structures on Earth, with each arm taller than the Washington Monument.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.