Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This Viking-inspired miniature golf course features a pirate ship and views of Icelandic landscapes.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.