A decomissioned facility where the German "Transrapid" maglev trains were once tested.

Generations have refused to move this doll from its dusty resting place to preserve a castle from a watery fate.

Seventeen members of the local royal family are interred in this Baroque church in northern Germany.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

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

A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.

What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.

A naturally occurring tunnel in this Nordic mountain makes it look like it's been shot.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

World's strongest whirlpool.

Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.

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

According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.

A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.

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

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

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

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.