According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.

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

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

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.

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

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

The Netherlands' first car tunnel has an unusually rectangular shape.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

This basement museum explores the art and artistry of fascism.

The world's longest wildlife overpass provides Hilversum's critters with a safe alternative to trying their luck on the roadway.

This massive collection of taxidermy is full of specimens collected by missionaries during their international travels.

A collection of biblical memorabilia.

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.

This tri-part waterfall is a little bit of fairytale beauty in the heart of Luxembourg's Little Switzerland.

The first museum dedicated to exploring humanity's cultural relationship with the celestial world.

A small monument in Lithuania marks the geographic center of Europe—or at least one of the claimants.