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

This church conducts its services entirely in Norwegian sign language.

At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

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

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.

Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.

The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

A rare rune stone dedicated to a woman.

This bronze marker acknowledges an embarrassing royal blunder.

These waste baskets play a few risque messages to discourage littering.

This millstone commemorates a gruesome tale that may have been the source of the city's name.

Few remain of these distinctive old trees that once served as natural landmarks for travelers on the road.

The wilderness of northern Sweden is full of shelters to protect people from sounding rockets returning from space.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

The world's largest underground iron ore mine.

The secret cells in the basement of the KGB's Estonian "Grey House" have been preserved as a grim Cold War museum.

A historic scientific breakthrough that crosses nine borders.

First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.

The enormous isokinetic structure hangs within a science center in Estonia.

Once a year, local students "clean" this statue with a champagne shower.