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

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

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

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

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

This roadside attraction looks like a flying saucer parked atop the tundra.

Thousands of birds nest in the cliffs while arctic foxes prowl below.

The former home of Norway's greatest romantic composer.

Europe's only museum solely dedicated to the history of whaling still has a fully-functioning whaling ship.

At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.