This strange pyramid is a unique feature of the Austrått Manor.

The world's northernmost ice hotel.

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

At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.

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

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

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

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

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

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

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

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

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

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

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

A sanctuary for wolves in a community which once trembled in fear of the murderous "Beast of Gévaudan."

Tens of thousands of ancient rock carvings hidden in the heart of a French national park.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.