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

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

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

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

A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

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

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

The smallest country in the world.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.