The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Opulent period costumes and murals lead you on a journey through fashion history.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

This disappearing geyser has been attributed to witchcraft, but really it's all about rainfall.

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.

A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.

This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.

From buck blood to Theriak miracle tonic, this collection of Renaissance chemist's gear look's like a wizard's pantry.

In legend, this ancient dolmen was said to have been created when a troll tried to destroy a church.

When this Iron Age bog body was discovered in 1835, it was thought that she had died recently.

Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.