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

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

Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.

A naturally occurring tunnel in this Nordic mountain makes it look like it's been shot.

A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

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

World's strongest whirlpool.

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

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

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

Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

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

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

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

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

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

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

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

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

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