The site of the first battle of World War II.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

An ancient rock engraving shows Aboriginals used their advanced knowledge of the stars to hunt and gather.

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

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

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

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

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

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

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.