The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

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

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

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

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

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

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

Swedish mice can dine at the Nuts of Life restaurant or take a date to the amousement park.

A replica of the beloved character's house, modeled after the author's own drawings.

This little gallery is devoted to one small town's passion for a very special cheese.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

Catholics make up 84% of Ireland's population but this Dublin museum remembers the small but important Jewish community.