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

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

Extraordinary animals sculpted from leftover junk.

Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.

An ornate Thai pavilion in the middle of Sweden.

A botched 18th-century canal silenced one of Sweden's most magnificent waterfalls.

The dome-shaped reservoir of this old water tower produces unique acoustic effects.

Rocks carved with biblical passages in the 1800s.

This serene wooded hilltop has a dark history as the climactic point of the Swedish witch trials.

This abandoned Swedish folkpark offers an amazing view over the town of Överkalix.

The world’s largest knitted mitten is displayed in one of Sweden’s smallest Arctic villages.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

This natural hill rose another 130 feet from the debris and rubble added after World War II.

A top-secret bunker now turned museum, is an eerie look at what life would have looked like in the event of nuclear war.

The Suurhusen church tower in Germany leans over farther than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

The narrowest street in the world is in danger of closing up entirely.