Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

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.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

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

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

This burial mound is said to be the final resting place of Russia's first Viking ruler, Oleg of Novogrod.

The largest art park on the European continent.

A curated museum of wooden sculptures inhabits this Russian home.

Thousands of biblical and pagan images are carved into this small 12th-century church.

Thanks to this small string of islands World War II still hasn't officially ended between Russia and Japan.

Volcanic irregularity? Odd erosion? Alien eggs? Local legends compete to explain these strange orbs.

Social outcasts and cannibalism in Stalin's Soviet Union.

Ukrainian defense contractor's center for studying "pyramid energy."

Russia's own leaning tower was built on a tragic historical fable.

A former military outpost of Ivan the Terrible, the 16th-century church contains some of the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox mural paintings.

300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.

Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.

This 15th-century cave complex is one of the very few monasteries to stay open throughout World War II and the Soviet regime.

The giant Siberian crater known locally as the "doorway to the underworld" is expanding every year.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.