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

World's strongest whirlpool.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

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

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

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

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

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

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

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

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.