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

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

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

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

A unique collection of gilded age mechanical pianos.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

The first railway tunnel to cross the Continental Divide and, at 11,523 feet, was once the highest railroad tunnel in the world.

Up-close opportunities to see working birds of prey.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

All that remains of this once-booming mining town are the ruins of a saloon.

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.