Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

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

The former home of Norway's greatest romantic composer.

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

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

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

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

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

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

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

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

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

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

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

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

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

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

A medieval house with mysterious alchemical inscriptions on its facade

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.