How did a lighthouse wind up in the middle of this landlocked German city?

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

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

Ruins of two abandoned stations destroyed by the power they sought to harness.

The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.

Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.

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

Research station devoted to mysterious floating lights seen in a Norwegian valley.

What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.

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

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

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

World's strongest whirlpool.

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

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

The world's northernmost ice hotel.

Thousands of miniature bronze sculptures have taken over this city square creating a unique art installation.

The largest cave in Northern Europe.

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