Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.

What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.

A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

Mysterious man-made rock piles form an ancient cemetery on this rocky beach in Norway.

The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.

The grounds and buildings of an old wood pulp mill have been transformed into an innovative art park and museum.

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

This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.

A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.

Europe's only museum solely dedicated to the history of whaling still has a fully-functioning whaling ship.

The former home of Norway's greatest romantic composer.

Thousands of birds nest in the cliffs while arctic foxes prowl below.

A former factory now pays tribute to a local industry fueled by sardines.

These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

A living museum working to keep the traditions of building and repairing handmade wooden boats, ropemaking, and blacksmithing alive.

Local legends say that a giant who tried to destroy a nearby church lived in this rock cave.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

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

According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.

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

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