These 4,444 wooden steps straight up a mountain were built to serve a hydroelectric power station but these days, they're mostly used by hikers.

This one-of-its-kind shipyard brings the 12th-century Viking Age back to life.

Local legends say that a giant who tried to destroy a nearby church lived in this rock cave.

This solitary convex mirror sculpture at an abandoned ferry station at the edge of a fjord reflects the scenery back at the viewer.

A statue that would be at home in Rome can instead be found in the heart of Norway's oldest city.

A memorial to 350 people burned at the stake for witchcraft.

The remains of a German plane still sit in the Norwegian wood where it crashed in 1942.

Five soviet prisoners of war were executed at this spot just days before the liberation of Norway.

A living museum working to keep the traditions of building and repairing handmade wooden boats, ropemaking, and blacksmithing alive.

An impressive museum dedicated to the resource that made the Scandinavian country rich.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

Citizens of Norway want to gift the peak of Mount Halti to Finland for its 100th birthday.

A former factory now pays tribute to a local industry fueled by sardines.

Once the scene of a young boy's home in revolt, this Norwegian island is now home to the world's first "ecological" prison.

Mound of stones marking the burial site of the world's most famous orca.

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

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

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

The rusted hull of a WWII German destroyer pokes above the surface in a Norwegian fjord.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

Mysterious man-made rock piles form an ancient cemetery on this rocky beach in Norway.

The last fully functional fortress of Germany's World War II Atlantikwall.

Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.

Research station devoted to mysterious floating lights seen in a Norwegian valley.