Stone carvings record the Norse myth of Sigurd, providing a glimpse into Scandinavia's transition from paganism to Christianity.

Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.

This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.

A peat bog in southern Sweden provides a cozy and photogenic home for junked Volvos, Saabs, and the occasional American muscle car.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.

A museum dedicated to the history of psychiatric treatment featuring a gallery of art made by patients.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

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

The greatest amusement park in the world is wall-to-wall farting dogs, puking rats, and cows with exposed breasts for the whole family.

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.

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

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

This East German military command bunker was ready for World War III.