This tiny Swedish troll protects the land and all who wander within it.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

Six beautiful wooden giants are hidden around Copenhagen.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.

The world's largest moose statue towers above the highway between Oslo and Trondheim.

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

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

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

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

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

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

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