An apparition of Virgin Mary in Herzegovina.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.

Hidden within a Netherlands crater is a stone bed that lets those who lie in it see the sky as a curved surface.

Cycle the solar system—from the sun to Pluto—right here on earth.

The world's largest church atop a political fault line.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Large military radio station without transmitting towers.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

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

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

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

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

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

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

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

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

A charmingly eccentric magma chaser presents his complete history of the island's eruptions since 1947, in cinematic form, just for you.

This former Cyprus flight hub is now a crumbling, abandoned ghost complex.

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.