In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.

This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

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

This abandoned oil depot produces world's longest echo in a manmade structure.

An otherworldly alpine pasture with its own unique microculture that recalls Middle Earth.

Neither bomb blasts nor heartbeats escape the giant ears of this super sci-fi Arctic outpost.

A Cold War atomic camp buried under the ice is now emerging because of global warming.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

A perfect circle of twenty-four mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric time.

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

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

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

Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.

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

A small collection of magic tricks and memorabilia is now an apartment-sized museum.