This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

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

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

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

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

The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.

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

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

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

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

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

Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

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

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

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