The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.

A small collection of magic tricks and memorabilia is now an apartment-sized museum.

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

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

The former home of Norway's greatest romantic composer.

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

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

The largest cave in Northern Europe.

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

The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.

Ruins of two abandoned stations destroyed by the power they sought to harness.

Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.

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

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

The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.

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

Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.

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

Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festival.

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.