In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

Sitting right on the border between East and West Jerusalem this modern art museum is in itself a symbol of Israel's hoped-for unity.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet your wish will be granted.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

This quirky Korean eatery is built to resemble an equally quirky vintage camera.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

A mecca for India's Jains.

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

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

Citizens of Norway want to gift the peak of Mount Halti to Finland for its 100th birthday.

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

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

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

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

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

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